Christmas Wishes

Whether it's rabbits wearing hats, vines wrapped around trees, clouds drifting across the sky, sunbeams bouncing off the sea, paintings on window glass, berries sprouting from bare branches or birds roaming free, decorations abound. The world would be empty without nature's gifts mixed on Christmas with a bit of human creativity when lights are strung and memories unpacked, inspiring my poem at bottom of this post.

Years ago I took a picture (above) of my late sister's collection of shops and houses in the miniature idyllic town she created and displayed at her home. She had so loved the celebratory, renewal aspects of the Christmas season and was not a fan of hopeless despair. It's a quality I admired in her and I suspect one that others also share.

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HOLD ONTO THE LIGHT

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"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." - Anais Nin

Long ago when I used to smoke and perm my hair, I pondered and still do ponder life.

Bound by the senses I nonetheless hold tremendous hope that one day we will learn leaps more about the nature of existence. Our imaginations and curiosity will break through with better ideas which perhaps already whisper within, urging us onward.

The clouds aren't spilling their secrets and for some reality is in their phones more so than the scenes at their feet that wave from right in front of them.

Because they're so common, it's easy to become blind to the wonders that surround and engulf us and perhaps blind us even to some of life's answers.

Yet contemplation persists and is humankind's gift for which I am grateful. So to those who celebrate gratitude today, I wish you a peaceful, enlightening Thanksgiving.

Explore more at Poets and Storytellers United, Face Off Friday and SKYWATCH. 

Check out my sites: Postcards from Penelope Puddle and Musings of A Puddlist In B.C.

Because the state of our planet is the most pressing issue of our time, link up and learn about the  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report.

HOLD ONTO THE LIGHT

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