Merry Christmas and a Spectacular Old Year!

Happy Christmas everyone!  I know we're meant to be wishing Happy New Year (which I do!), but I was thinking about the old year, seeing as it's about to toddle off into history.

Today is an amazing day.  Not the day of Jesus' actual birth of course, but the day we celebrate it.  There's a lot of fun and goofy and old and new traditions attached and intertwined of course - trees, lights to brighten the solstice, decorations, paper hats, gifts, feasts, to name a few.  But when we stop and think about the miracle of Jesus, really, it's pretty awe-inspiring.

There are lots of carols, most of which we are all pretty immune to after hearing them blare on loudspeakers for weeks on end.  But I thought of the words to one this morning:  "He rules the world with truth and grace."  You know, truth and grace are pretty cool things.  Imagine what it would be like if we always spoke the truth to each other.  And did it with grace, and grace-full-ness.  Some definitions of grace:  mercy; clemency; pardon;  a sense of propriety and consideration for others.  How cool would that be?

This has also been a pretty amazing year.  Some wonderful miracles that came my way:  getting my life back through renewed health and well-being.  Having a new, awesome work to do where I can help others do the same.  New friends, new goals, people to push me and challenge me and help me move forward and change.

There've been other events, too.  Visits from family.  Leaving my real estate job - no regrets, just fond memories.  Trials and traumas too, but overall a great - fantastic year.  On New Year's Day, January 1st 2010, there were 2 gorgeous rainbows in the sky, which I felt were a double-promise of an amazing year.  I can't wait to see what 2011 brings.