Keeping It Simple...
The beauty of Christmas is that you can always find a "fit" for who you are and what strikes your heart the right way.
For some it's the actual love of shopping (?) For others it's hearing the laughter of kids playing in the snow on a crisp clear day before Christmas or for others still, it's the plethora of Christmas programs and pageants where quality is of little or no consequence, but the genuine spirit and the lack of competence of each child's performance is celebrated.
To me it all comes down to celebrating each other. Life is short . In Eriq Maria Remarque's classic war story, "All Quiet On the Western Front ", the German soldier Paul talks about his discovery of what is most important in life. He speaks of being raised in a time when they were told they were living and fighting for God, Germany, and the Kaiser ( substitute whatever current cause is out there ). In the end he speaks of fighting only for the men around him . In the end his observation was that the rosary , the ecclesiastical collar and national religion meant little or nothing in the throes of death, but the cry for a simple God as the creator of ourselves and the people closest to us in life . There is alot of clutter and crap out there for Christmas. During this season, I am going to try every now and again to slow down and pick up on the simplest things about the people closest to me if I can . That way, as this journey continues, I can remember them and celebrate that we are walking through this time together ...flaws and all.
The beauty of Christmas is that you can always find a "fit" for who you are and what strikes your heart the right way.
For some it's the actual love of shopping (?) For others it's hearing the laughter of kids playing in the snow on a crisp clear day before Christmas or for others still, it's the plethora of Christmas programs and pageants where quality is of little or no consequence, but the genuine spirit and the lack of competence of each child's performance is celebrated.
To me it all comes down to celebrating each other. Life is short . In Eriq Maria Remarque's classic war story, "All Quiet On the Western Front ", the German soldier Paul talks about his discovery of what is most important in life. He speaks of being raised in a time when they were told they were living and fighting for God, Germany, and the Kaiser ( substitute whatever current cause is out there ). In the end he speaks of fighting only for the men around him . In the end his observation was that the rosary , the ecclesiastical collar and national religion meant little or nothing in the throes of death, but the cry for a simple God as the creator of ourselves and the people closest to us in life . There is alot of clutter and crap out there for Christmas. During this season, I am going to try every now and again to slow down and pick up on the simplest things about the people closest to me if I can . That way, as this journey continues, I can remember them and celebrate that we are walking through this time together ...flaws and all.
posted by mark at 8:42 PM
1 Comments:
a wonderful way to keep it simple. Spending time with others.
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