Comprehending Christmas
It's Christmas day . . . A cold front moving across Okieland with chilly Northerlies, and heavy cloud cover.
December 25th
Who is this asleep in a straw-and-light-filled barn?
A child we yet cannot see.
Hope we would yet comprehend.
— jab
Every human being is sacred. Can you imagine how amazing it would be if humanity suddenly woke up and realized and treated each other accordingly? We would live in a very different world, a much more loving, peaceful, and joyful world. – Anam Thubten
What you do may seem insignificant, but it is very important you do it.” – Neem Karoli Baba
Don't wait 20 years to do what you want/need to do. Make a difference in whatever time you have. – Zac Efron
The last retrograde of the year continues to Jan. 1, 2024. To help with some of the shifting going on under the Mercurial umbrella:
There is no “outside”… The world is a part of our cellular makeup… we impact it with every tiny choice we make. – Jenn Shapland in Maria Popova's Margainalian 12.24.23.
A Momentary
There is an instant that must be
described as – for lack of
a better word – holy.
A moment of stillness brought
by an almost indistinct thunder
from lightning miles away
unseen. The near silent thunder
rolls away and with it
the past
while light arrives
from the future
into the present.
– jab