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2017 Year End Reflections

I have been faithful to keep a journal since I've been 11 years old.  First, in a spiral notebook and then later on the computer.  Both have been a comfort to me over the years and hold anything from love and laughter to hardships and tears. A journal mirrors the habits of our mind.   It can be your enemy or your friend.   Mine takes me through the journey of my life.   A very long journey, 71 years in all; it may be a dull journey for some to read but to me it’s a reflection of the life that I’ve lived and am currently living of interest to no one but me and perhaps, some day, my children. Every year in my journal I write year end reflections, sort of a recap of what was and is going on in my life. Sometimes it’s pretty dull but still I write. Everything in life’s reflections is based on the choices you make.   If you want different outcomes in your life, maybe you need to make different choices.   I guess I write these reflections because ...

Christmas

Christmas isn’t about tinsel, twinkling lights on a tree, shopping, baking cookies, eating those cookies…it’s more about the presence of family sharing the love of Christ with the world.   Here’s what some pretty famous people have to say about Christmas: Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving. – B. C. Forbes He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. – Roy L. Smith Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving, and of families united. – Norman Vincent Peale The only blind person at Christmas-time is he who has not Christmas in his heart. – Helen Keller Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling. – Edna Ferber God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If he gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it. – Pope Francis Christmas, ...