How Little Can You Be

Those who know me know that I consider Halloween to be the beginning of the Holiday Season. All efforts to try to entice me into an early (and false) start to the holidays usually meet up with the grumpiness of a "humph" - or as Ebeneezer would say, "Bah!"  So, please, let me welcome you to the beginning of the holiday season (even though it's 3 days old). This year let's see how well the world responds to this season of hope, peace, joy and love. World economies are doing better than last year and more people are finding jobs. There is still an unease about the perceived unfairness in the gap of those who have and those who don't (aka the super rich and those below poverty). Injustice still thrives in many places around the globe and it almost seems as though, for now, the countries that could always be counted on for assistance in these places need to refocus on their own problems. Even with all of this going on I still see people walking on the streets with smiles, lovers holding hands, and friends on the beach or in the park enjoying creation. Just yesterday I saw a student laying down by herself on a bench outside her classroom and when I asked her if she was okay she simply said, "I'm just enjoying the outdoors. I don't get to do this enough." So, just maybe that's where the secret to this season's happiness is - in the little things. As our Christ came to us in a little way, maybe, just maybe, this holiday season will be filled of happiness brought to us by the little things. I can wish, right!