Mistaking stopping as a mistake
It's Tew's day . . . the day after Christmas
… which makes it Boxing Day in the UK.
It is the first day of the Kwanzaa holidays.
In 1963, the Beatles fueled Beatle-mania in the U.S.with the release of the song I wanna hold your hand in record stores and on the airwaves;.
And, in 1973 The Exorcist made its premier in American movie theatres.
The last retrograde of the year continues to Jan. 1, 2024. To help with some of the shifting going on under the Mercurial umbrella: Sometimes it's important to stop what you are doing . . .
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
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
More, perhaps, than we think . . .
It's Christmas Eve . . .
“Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.” — – Narrator (Boris Karloff) in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, which premiered on television in 1966.
Treasure Islands
Somewhere, someone is praying for things
most of us take for granted: people
and things in our lives that bring
happiness, joy, freedom and peace.
We here in the Northern Hemisphere are celebrating
the return of longer daylight after the long stillness
and renewal gifted to us by the darkness. How often
we forget, while Creation's Watercourse moves in silence
and shadow to impregnate our future, it is
simultaneously forging ahead in the bright light
and songs of the present in our brothers and sisters
Southern Hemispheric neighborhoods.
For millennia, this time of year has been sacred
to human beings. Some of us believe with the ancients
that a window opens between the Solstice and New Year worlds.
This was and remains a time when people create magic
while walking between those worlds with poems
and songs about belief. What if, what if what we had
right now was enough? An ancient Tibetan proverb answers:
“Being satisfied is like having a treasure in the palm of your hand.”