Look at your fellow humans as they rush about preparing for the holidays. Yes, some are cheerful, but some are more harried than ever due to the crowds, the traffic, and all of the extra obligations that go with the season. What is the reason for the season? To celebrate love, kindness, and for many, to celebrate the birth of one who emulated these virtues. Pause regularly in all of your rushing about. Any obligations weighing upon you are arbitrary. Be the presence of love and kindness and celebrate being the reason yourself.
Yesterday while in the grocery store one of the workers commented to me on how rude some of the customers were. What great advice it is to pause regularly in your rushing about and and be the presence of love and kindness,
Like many others, a pause to remember the birth of Jesus and to say a
Prayer to him for all those souls in great need is a part of each day as christmas approaches. So it should be all year.