It is Saturday morning. At least I think it is. The days whirling past me at such a fast pace I lose track. If it is really Saturday, then its only ome week until Christmas. So best put on your Christmas spirit. If you don't have one fake it. "Tis the season," remember. I'm looking for the spirit of Christmas. The spirit of love. But I can only find it in myself.
I wrote the other day about Christamas as a kid on ninth street. Remember the magic you felt as a kid? The promise of what was coming. The excitement. It so sad that as we grow older we lose that excietment, the magic. But it doesn't have to be that way, not at all.
The one common thread I hear. I don't have money to spend, this is so expensive. I feel stressed. Kids don't have to have expensive toys. You can pick up the phone and call a shut-in and ask them how they are doing. Let someone who is all alone tell you their aches and pains. I for one need to be better at this . A dozen things bought from the one dollar store and passed around to people you care about. Just so they know you are thinking about them.
So today I will not worry about what I can't afford. I will smile at someone I pass. I will not get hateful when someone gets cranky with me at the "One Dollar Shop." For the next seven days I will look for Christmas in my heart. Isn't that's where its suppose to be? My prayer for this week will be, "Fill me with the joy of this season. Help me not to forget we are celebrating the Baby Jesus's birthday." I sure wouldn't want a whole mass of angry, stressed people helping me celebrate my birthday. "Tis the season of love."
As I start for home. Leaving Blogland this morning I look around me. I hope Christmas love is going to make it here. Its so dark here early in the mornings when I come. I guess thats because its cyberspace, right? But someone took the time to hang lights in the little store. So someone here is celebrating Christmas. Maybe I will bring some candy canes tomorrow and leave them in front of the store. Then whoever hung the lights will know someone else is celebrating Christamas too. But for today,I'm outta here.
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