There’s a saying that if everyone put their troubles in the center of the circle and got to choose which pile of troubles they would take back, each person would choose to take their own problems. But what if you could find something better to take in exchange?
What in your life do you wish you could swap out? What would you like to trade it for?
Some days we just can’t wait for the sun to shine and lift the gloominess of our clouded days. Some days we long for rain to come and water the parched earth or our withered souls. Only on very rare days do we get both the sun and the rain—everything that we might want or need, even if those needs seem to conflict. Those are the days of rainbows.
What would a rainbow day look like for you?
For a bird flying directly overhead, this looks like just another pile of snow, but come at it from a different angle, and the snow is merely a fun decoration on top of a feast.
When have you found abundance when you thought there was only cold and snow?
“Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.”
―Dale Evans Rogers
How are you putting love into action this Christmas?
There are lots of holidays that start at sunset—pretty much all the holidays in the Jewish and Muslim tradition do. But Christmas Eve is different. A warm-up to the holiday itself, it is a time of gathering together, of singing and lights in the darkness. It is a promise that new life will come if only you will welcome it in.
Do you have beloved traditions for Christmas Eve?
