Its been a beautiful Christmas Eve thus far. I had the pleasure of attending the 100th Birthday celebration of a friend named Angie. Her secret to longevity? She has adopted the attitude of Whatever. I love that. She neither surrenders or rolls over from an established plan or position, but merely is always in the moment of acceptance - at peace. My own Christmas plans have changed, and while I was at first taken aback by being alone on the utmost day to be with family, it is not to be - not with my siblings, nor with my daughters family. As number 4 of 5 children, we were always together as kids of course, but as years passed, we moved away and our journeys were not on the same path. It was suggested to me that there is a first time for everything - and at first blush I was taken back by what seemed so callous advice tossed off to me by a young person. It sounded heartless and uncaring. And maybe it was to a degree. But now that I have had time to ponder the possibilities, I will say that I am happy to create a day of beauty from the inside out. You see, the secret really is in being in the moment, being okay in the Whatever moment, which really means, being okay right now. No expectations other than what presents at this moment. And sometimes the family we seek to be with in order to feel whole and okay and re-united, is much bigger. For me, it will be in the delivery of the last of the Blessings Bags tonight after church services. THAT family, OUR brothers and sisters on the streets, the forgotten, the want to be forgotten, and those we want to forget exists because it reminds us of our own vulnerability. Whatever. What ever. What ever may be, will be. And so it is. It is okay to be perfectly you, and even better when the perfectly you is in the moment of love, acceptance, joy and comfort and realizes the immensity of walking into your own home, the appreciation for being beneath a roof, of clothes to wear, family to embrace - even if family is no more than one shaggy golden retriever named Sampson Magnificent and the other a feisty terrier puppy named Buckwheat Bogue. And a closing note for now, if you suddenly have the urge to call someone tonight or tomorrow - someone with whom you have not spoken in a while. Do so. I just did, and she was in ER, getting her results from cardio tests done. It was hard to believe that someone with such a magnanimous, loving and joyful heart could have anything less than normal results. And yet, there she is right now, having to find the whatever of acceptance and moving through to the next moment as it presents itself. Love, truly is all we need, all we were put here for, our greatest test of self, our greatest joy and reward. I am not a believer in the Christian events we refer to as Christmas Eve as we know it, but I am a believer in the possibilities of love, and what ever. We have the knowledge to know how to eliminate human suffering, it is ours for the having if we ever stop to ponder Ever What?
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 01:33:36 +0000
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