I love the song by John Lennon So this is Christmas. It is part of my tradition.
I came home yesterday from teaching yoga and quite frankly was flying high from the energy buzzing about and the love from all the people coming in and going out. I came home from work that day, and decided to put on the Christmas Music and prepare my self and my home for the Christmas Spirit. I put on my traditional song. With rag in hand and windex in bottle, I burst into tears. Gone was the high-gone was the excitement- gone was the pretense that all was well in my world.
And so this is Christmas.
As I stood in my living room I sobbed a puddle! As the music was blasting in the background, I cried for times gone by and people gone by and honored the memories held in my heart. I cried for the sad times and I cried for the good times. I cried because life is so beautiful, and I am so grateful. I cried because life can seem so tragic and sad. I cried because it was more emotion than my human body could handle. I cried because it is my tradition. I cried because I love.
And so this is Christmas.
It is a time filled with beautiful and sad memories. It is a time for me to remember the darkness and the tough times and it is a time to remember the light and the beautiful times. A time to honor the pain, and a time to honor the joy.
For me yesterday it was a time, with rag cloth in hand, vacuum close by, music on the stereo, to clear out the dust from within my body, my mind and my heart. A time to prepare my home within and around for Christmas.
It is a time for me about remembering love. Because as the story goes, in the silence of the dark night there was indeed a light shining brightly. The light still shines, the star is still there, and Christmas is about taking a little time to remember LOVE.
It’s tradition.
Merry Christmas -Sending Love!
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Beautiful, as always. I listened to a buddhist talk today about how tears wash you. As long as we listen to our hearts, all is always well. xo Merry Christmas.
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