Sunday, December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!  Happy Holy Days!  Feliz Navidad!  Mele Kalikimaka! 

On Christmas Day, we celebrate the birth of Jeshua, Jesus of Nazareth, and the coming of a new age of true forgiveness and unconditional Love.  When we put away childish, immature and ineffective ways of relating, we find the effectiveness of compassion, forgiveness, empathy, harmony, respect and cooperation. For some this may require lifetimes of learning, and for others it comes simply by trusting in the truly great spiritual teachings.  While this date is symbolic, it has become synonymous with giving, caring and sharing the best we have with others.  We awaken to the Love in us!  This is the birth of Christ, Christus, the Light and Love within us all!

It is on Christmas that I reach out to those who are forgotten, forsaken, alone and often discarded. I invite others to join me for caroling in local convalescent hospitals where patients and caregivers are usually alone for the day. I remember the ones who need encouragement, a warm smile, a song to here, a hand to hold.  It seems that we sometimes forget those who are too old, too young, too poor or too sick.  And yes, those who care for them preparing food, giving medical or nursing care or simply being there….just in case there is a need.  This is a gift to me to let the Light shine and the Love embrace All humanity.

As our troops come home, let us make sure they have a home for their families, jobs to pay the bills, adequate medical or therapeutic care for the mental and physical wounds of war.  Let’s see that their families have a safe place to raise and educate their children.  Let’s always treat them all with respect for they served their country well.  It does not matter what our political beliefs are about war. What matters is that we respect and care for our brothers and sisters, no matter what.  We are learning to Love everyone!

And yes, it feels important during the holidays, especially, to make sure we appreciate those who serve us anonymously.  The ones who keep transportation, utilities, hospitals running so that the rest of us can have heat and water, electricity and can travel.  There are so many who serve everyone, even on holidays, to ensure our safety, health and happiness.  Huge gratitude to those individuals who are on the job 24/7 to contribute to our well-being.

And to all of you who pray, meditate, participate in spiritual and religious practices, we are so grateful for your faith, your hope and your love.  Love does make this world go round.  Love heals and reveals the Light within.  Love is the basic glue that keeps us together as a family of humanity.  Love enfolds us and holds us in the palm of His Hand……Or my mental image….we are all puppies in a nest suckling, playing and sleeping together assured of our Creator’s eternal Love.  No one special, but everyone loved equally whether rambunctious or runt.  Yes, all of us are Loved wherever we are and whatever we do.
The gift of Christmas for me is in the giving.  
For when we give, we realize we have.  
It is in giving that we receive.  
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.  
And so it is, we recognize the Christ in us.
And so it is we know the Santa is in us.  
And so it is we realize the healer, the teacher, the beloved within.

Give and receive.  Teach and learn. Heal and be healed.
We are not separate one from another.
We are truly One, sister and brother.
Every child is our child.
Every elder is our own.
One family, one .
Love and you will know love lies in You.
Love is the Gift you have.
Love is the Gift you give.
Love endlessly and you will know endless Love.
May you know the Light in You. 
May you realize the Love You Are. 
May you be blessed in your blessing.
May you receive the gift of your Love.
Loving you this day and every day,
Betty Lue