A CHRISTMAS REFLECTION

Part1[Christmas Day am]:

I usually write about things that need changing but there is another side to the Change story, those things we want to preserve. Time and nature erode most things if we don’t work at them, so they too change.

This is a special time of year for many people and whether you are a christian, from another faith, agnostic or pagan, there is, for many, something to celebrate. Things like our families (warts and all!), the traditions that grow up around this time, the things we do to give pleasure to those we love.

These things tend to be an expression of who we are and what we value (even when we do, for the very best of motives, often take them too far!) We are a complex mixture of our own unique characteristics, our upbringing and our societies. It is a great time to offer the best of ourselves to those that we love, and everyone else too.

So, in a changing world, there are some things we don’t want to change, and that is a good thing.
However, inevitably some things will and that is good too.

Seasons greetings and a very happy New Year to you all.

Christmas, my child, is love in action.” Dale Evans

Part2 [Boxing Day am]:

An interesting day to reflect. Yesterday we changed a recipe for our family Christmas which has been mostly fixed for some 20 years, with a few gentle adjustments for the changing ages of the family. Instead of spending Xmas at home with just the immediate family, we travelled to my mothers and shared it with her, and my brother and sister’s families, some 16 of us. We had a nice day and it was great to catch up with various nephews and nieces who are now of in the world at various universities. However, as we drove home I think we all felt that our Xmas had somehow been diluted. Certainly there were new and nice additions, but overall we seemed to have had less of a magical day of it.

So, is this a good change or not? I guess our lives are made up of this kind of judgement. There is no one route through the ‘swamp’ of Change; there are many ways to navigate this, each with their own treasures and torments. I just feel that I/we have to stay in touch with how I am feeling, reviewing what I/we are gaining, what I/we are giving and what we are paying for that experience and make the best decision we can.

Good luck to you all and let me know how you get on….

“You’ve got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you’re not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice.” Steven D. Woodhull

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