Everything I Need to
Know about Christmas I learned From a Little Golden Book starts out, “Christmas
is coming! ..Yikes! …there’s just so
much to do.” So even with my cracked rib I managed to get the tree up and
decorated over Thanksgiving weekend.
Reflection
Growing up our family had the infamous hodgepodge tree with
silver tinsel but I longed for a perfect looking department store
Christmas tree. So when I left the my
childhood humble abode, I strived for a lookalike. Even though I never quite made it, I attempted a department store tree clone every year and tried a different yearly theme.
This year it’s “white, gold, angels, and crystal stuff.” I love sitting in my Buddha position writing on
my computer with the glow of the tree lights and remembering the significance of every ornament.
It brings a peace.
Then I hear a CRASH,
bang, and snap and down goes the tree. Now
I have a themed leaning tree. Well, “Christmas
is coming and there is so much to do” and it is even worse when you have to do it
twice! So much for perfection but a good
lesson -try not to be so precise and try to be comfortable
with imperfection.
Spiritual Reflection
Even perfection has
its limits, but your commands have no limit (Psalm 119:96)
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