Christmas thoughts from GAnderart, artistic friends in France.
"If, as Herod, we fill our lives with things, and again with things; if we consider ourselves so unimportant that we must fill every moment of our lives with action, when will we have the time to make the long, slow journey across the desert as did the Magi? Or sit and watch the stars as did the shepherds? Or brood over the coming of the child as did Mary? For each one of us, there is a desert to travel. A star to discover. And a being within ourselves to bring to life...."Oh, would that Christmas lasted the whole year through, as it ought," Charles Dickens lamented....but what is the Christmas spirit? Perhaps the Christmas spirit, like the nature of the Beloved, is meant to be a Holy Mystery. Perhaps the Christmas spirit is our souls' knowledge that things, no matter how beautiful, are only things; that we were created, not always to do, but sometimes simply to be. Perhaps the Christmas spirit is a loving reminder that we must ! make time for the long, slow journey across the desert; we must take time to discover our star; we must honor the time necessary to brood over the coming of the authentic ones we were created by Love to become. It has been said many times that our lives are gifts from God--that what we do with them is our gift in return.....So this is my Christmas wish: that behind the toys, tinsel, carols, cards, and convivial chaos, there will come a time of quiet reflection and peace.
just a thought to start the Christmas season "
Email them at GAnderArt@aol.com
"If, as Herod, we fill our lives with things, and again with things; if we consider ourselves so unimportant that we must fill every moment of our lives with action, when will we have the time to make the long, slow journey across the desert as did the Magi? Or sit and watch the stars as did the shepherds? Or brood over the coming of the child as did Mary? For each one of us, there is a desert to travel. A star to discover. And a being within ourselves to bring to life...."Oh, would that Christmas lasted the whole year through, as it ought," Charles Dickens lamented....but what is the Christmas spirit? Perhaps the Christmas spirit, like the nature of the Beloved, is meant to be a Holy Mystery. Perhaps the Christmas spirit is our souls' knowledge that things, no matter how beautiful, are only things; that we were created, not always to do, but sometimes simply to be. Perhaps the Christmas spirit is a loving reminder that we must ! make time for the long, slow journey across the desert; we must take time to discover our star; we must honor the time necessary to brood over the coming of the authentic ones we were created by Love to become. It has been said many times that our lives are gifts from God--that what we do with them is our gift in return.....So this is my Christmas wish: that behind the toys, tinsel, carols, cards, and convivial chaos, there will come a time of quiet reflection and peace.
just a thought to start the Christmas season "
Email them at GAnderArt@aol.com
