It feels as though an entire month has gone by since I last wrote my thoughts here. In fact it's only been 10 days, and what a ten days it has been.
The song "12 Days of Christmas" (which is what we're currently in) hails today as the tenth day as well. On this day a true lover is giving a loved one ten lords-a-leaping. What a wonderful gift! Could you imagine ten grown men leaping through your life at this very moment. As I sit here, close my eyes, and think about it I can't help but smile widely, on the brink of a laugh.Maybe that's what the days after Christmas are supposed to be - joyous, peaceful, and filled with love.
As I sit here writing I also have the morning news on the television (some things don't change). According to them there isn't too much joy or peace going on. However, I do see hope and glimpses of love. The children from Sandy Hook are back in school, a new United States Congress is being sworn in, and, more importantly, it feels like more people are paying attention to what is going on around us.
In this new year I pray that we find ways to live as one people, united in one love. It isn't a difficult thing to do if we really want it. Like the song says: Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me. Peace begins with you and lives through your words and actions. This year, let's begin to speak the language and live a life of peace and begin to bring the hope of joy through love to those around us.
We may not be able to give ten lords, but we can give the gift of joyous leaping.
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