Celebrate the Real Gifts!

CHRISTMAS & HANUKKAH

TOGETHER WE CELEBRATE.

HOPE FOR LIGHT & LOVE & PEACE.

Affirmations:

We are Gifts of Love.

My Love is given and received through me and all I say and do.

I am grateful and joyous to give the gifts I have.

I listen within and give for the Highest Good of everyone.

Celebrate the Real Gifts!

The Real Gift is the Love with which you give.

The Real Gift is sharing the Gift of your Self.

The Real Gift is the Peace that comes back to you.

The Real Give is the Joy within each Gift of Love.

When you give, everyone is blessed, including you.

In truly giving, we lose nothing.

In real giving, we gain even more to give.

In freely giving, our gifts multiply.

On this Christmas, you are given new life.

On this holy day, you are set free from your past.

On this time of renewal, receive the Gift of unconditional Love.

Whether you believe in the story or not, you are Loved.

During this Hanukah, we are inspired to choose freedom.

During this time we are reminded to care about others.

In this time of remembering, we are inspired to hope.

With this Story, we are invited to keep the flame alive.

Sometimes we exclude those who do not believe.

Sometimes we forget to include all humanity.

Sometimes we ignore those who are lacking or limited.

Sometimes we neglect those who are ignorant, afraid and unaware.

This is the time of Light in the world’s darkness.

This is our time to reach those who are sleeping.

This is our opportunity to give where there is lack.

This is our awakening to choose everyone in our family of Love.

Let us give to one and all.

Let us include those who are forgotten.

Let us lift up those who have fallen and are alone.

Let us value every child for their birth.

I am here only to be truly helpful.

I am here to represent the Love that sent me.

I need not worry about what to say or do, because Love that sent me always directs me.

I am content to be where Love wishes, knowing Love goes with me

I will be healed, as I let Love teach me to heal.  ACIM Text

(I will remember my Holiness when I let Love teach me to see only Holiness,)

What Joy to go to shut-ins and those forgotten on Christmas Day and everyday.

What gratitude I have for the caregivers and those who care for the lost, weary, sick and alone.

What a privilege to be open and willing to give all I have for what benefits humanity.

Right where we live, we can remember the call to Love One and All.

Many teach us by Remembering and Living, so the Light of  Christ is born again in us.

Let us remember to celebrate ourselves and those around us with every act of Loving Kindness.

I celebrate You for Who You Are and All You Do.

Betty Lue

May your Holidays be filled with the Light of Joy and Love of Peace.

We are all richly blessed and prospered by our Love.

Love prevails, because Only Love Is Real.

Offer Your Love and Light To All

GIVE YOUR BEST.

LIVE YOUR BEST.

Please Read: “Night Before Christmas” Robert’s Version Below!

Affirmations:

I love to love and celebrate Love.

I shine the Light within me.

Sharing the Light and Love is a gift to me everyday.

I give the Love I Am with every thought I have, word I say and deed I do.

Remember The Light in You.

We each see the holiday of 'Christ Mass' in our own tradition, beliefs and understanding.

We practice de-light with giving Love and gifts and  celebration this time of year.

We each are on our own journey of remembrance and awakening the Light within us.

We may have glimpses in how love works with a child’s innocence, a sweet connection or gentle hug.

We can be reminded with scriptural reminders, a candle-lighting ceremony or songs of joy.

With a hymn of gratitude, people sharing a meal or Christmas gifts, we can awaken to the real inner Light.

Light, energy, creation, giving, consciousness, all live within us. 

Light or our creative energy is our gift of Love from God, Creator, the Universe and Great Mystery.

I know we all have different beliefs.

I know we all celebrate in different ways.

I know what causes joy to some may bring up unhappy memories to others.

We have the choice to rejoice or grieve in our loneliness.

Traditions can be changed and rearranged.

What used to be celebration with a united family may now be juggling many people or no one to care.

From divorce, aging and death, rejection and abandonment, there may be separation and depression.

Consider creating your own family celebration with others just like you.

So what do I do?

Plan to have enlightened connections and conversations each day of the year.

Consider what you want to do and invite others to join you.

Reach out to someone who has no one and make them feel welcomed and loved.

Find what works best for you.

Watch a show on television to inspire you.

Bring some extra cheer to those working on Christmas Day.

Take a neighbor some homemade goodies or hot meal.

Sing favorite songs or carols aloud with happy past memories.

Make phone calls to friends and family you haven’t seen in years.

Visit a nursing home on Christmas day to share joy with staff and residents.

Write cards of Gratitude and Love to those you miss.

It takes so little to do so much.

Everyone can benefit from your prayers.

Everyone will feel the caring in your sharing.

Everyone will know the love you are giving.

Each human being has value.

Everyone deserves to know their worth.

Continue to love all, beginning with you.

Be kind to others today and everyday and you will know the Light in You.

Loving you as I receive your Love for me and all,

Betty Lue

The Night Before Christmas

 

T'was the night before Christmas and all through the earth

Was the light of love shining, a holy new birth.

Forgiveness completed, all judgments aside,

My conscience was clear with no hint of pride.

My worries behind me (I'd put them to bed)

While visions so heavenly danced in my head.

The job and the family, all routine, a snap.

Unaware, I was into a spiritual nap.

When out of the calm, there arose such a clatter.

My life was unsettled.  Now what was the matter.

Away from my habits I flew like a flash.

I threw off attachments, and then came the crash.

The feeling was alien, nothing the same.

I couldn't describe it or give it a name.

When what to my wondering eye should appear

But a blaze of white light, and coming so near, 

With a little old angel so lively and quick

I knew in a moment, I was going to be sick.

More rapid than eagles his values they came

And he whistled and shouted and called them by name:

"More honesty, tolerance, gentleness, trust,

Faithful and generous, with patience a must.

To topple defenses and breach the fear wall

Now dash away, smash away, drop away all."

As just as the leaves in a hurricane swirl,

Or a dancer will leap or will jump or will twirl,

So up in the air all the pieces they flew

And I felt when I looked, I'd see everything new.

And then in a twinkling, I felt with a start,

The growing and glowing, expanding my heart.

As I came to my senses and was turning around

I saw in the mirror an image profound.

He was bathed in bright light from his head to his toe

(His clothes were quite common so no one would know)

The weight of the world had just dropped from his back

And he danced like a peddler devoid of his pack.

He moved and he walked with a sense of great ease.

His lack of self-judgment made him easy to please.

The smile of his mouth was the shape of a bow,

It would light up a crowd wherever he'd go.

His relative silence bespoke inner peace

Letting all in his presence experience release.

He had a bright face and a happy, strong laugh

Which touches the heart, cuts resistance in half.

He was loving and kind, a right jolly old elf

And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself.

A wink of his eye and a nod of his head

Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work.

He listened within (a somewhat strange quirk).

But touching his hand to the side of my face

We joined, became one, with no distance or space. 

I knew in that moment just what my gift was

To love all of my brothers, with no "why" or "because".

And I'm here to exclaim, as I grow in Love's light,

Merry Christmas to all, it will turn out all right.

 

                                                            Adapted by Robert Waldon

Be Grateful!

WE ARE HERE TOGETHER.

LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

Affirmations:

Gratitude inspires Giving.

Gratitude increase Happy Living.

Gratitude expands What is Good.

Gratitude changes our Attitude.

Be Thankful!

Thanks for your gifts of caring.

Thanks for your gratitude and sharing.

Thanks for taking the time to remember to Love.

Thanks for giving your best and erasing the rest.

I sure hope you are thanking you for being You.

Remembering to enjoy your life is a gift to us all.

Being willing to have the best intentions is a wonderful gift.

Continuing to listen within with love in your heart is a good start.

All of us are giving to one another.

All of us are teaching one another.

All of us are reminding one another.

All of us are living what we want to see and be.

Life is an endless circle of love for all of us.

We ascend together as we each contribute to the greater whole.

Without conscious awareness we are lifting up or bringing us down.

Each one and everyone are all interconnected and never separate.

When I am not in communication with you, I am with you in love.

When I am under the weather, I am with you in Spirit.

When I am away from my computer, I am joined with you in consciousness.

When I am busy serving another, my gifts are given and received by all.

There is no separation here.

We each are receiving the gifts of love being shared.

One for all and all for One.

This is the enlightened journey we have begun.

Partners receive from one another.

Children receive from their parents and parents from their children.

Receive the best and forgive the rest.

Let go of what you want not to be so.

Love begets love.

Fear begets fear.

Anger creates anger.

Undo what you don’t want to be true.

I receive your love and I know you receive mine.

There is no greater gift for now and all time.

Let us remember to care for one another.

With your thoughts and words, with your deeds of Love.

Loving you with gratitude and joy,

Betty Lue

May you be happy and well.

May you remember to be loving.

May you find peace in all you say and do.

May this day bring only Goodness to you.

Only Love prevails.