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What do you visualize when you think about Christmas & Yule? Shimmering lights, sacred fires, steamy cups of rich hot chocolate, good friends & family? Do they trigger something deep inside of you?
The winter holiday season is one of the most sacred and special times of the year, yet it is also one of the busiest. My favorite time is after midnight on the 24th when everything closes and there is a silence in the air. It is a time to reflect, to share & to simply be. It is a reminder to us that this peace is within us at all times. It is a reminder to us that we need to keep hope alive. When hope is lost, all is lost.
This year as we face another holiday, we are all reminded that while there are those who live their lives in a state of bounty, there are many who do not. For others, the holidays arrive chilled by painful memories & the losses & challenges we've incurred over the year. And then there is Newtown which has left us without words, reeling in pain. Such an incident creates a ripple through our lives connecting us all. It wakes up our hearts, calls us to action and brings with it a reminder of just how sacred each moment is.
So tonight, on the eve of Christmas as we stand more connected to each other in divine love and compassion than ever before, I wish you peace, strength, love and an abundance of hope alive within your heart.
Shine Brightly,
Debbi
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A Christmas Prayer
 There is nothing I can give you which you have not, But there is much that while I cannot give, you can take. No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today. Take heaven. No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present instant. Take peace. The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach, is joy. Take joy. And so at this Christmastime, I greet you with the prayer That for you Now and forever, The day breaks and the shadows flee away ~unknown
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