Yet I have found it is easy to get
lost amidst the bustle, to go through the entire month without every
really enjoy the season only to wake up one day and realize it’s over: a new
year has begun.
For I may hear an endless stream of
music—but how often do I stop and listen to a song? I may spend
hours decorating house and tree, but once they are up, when do I ever step back
to enjoy the beauty created?
I mix and cut and bake favorite
Christmas treats—only to scarf them down without tasting them. The
scents of evergreen and cinnamon fill my home, yet rarely do I smell them. I
watch Christmas movies half distracted, their storylines familiar. I greet
family and friends without ever feeling their warm embraces.
Is that the way to celebrate
anything? No wonder I can finish the season feeling tired and empty,
rather full of warmth and good cheer. And I suspect that perhaps, I am not the
only one who has done this or felt this way.
So this year, let’s take time.
Let’s enjoy the moment and absorb the wonder of
the season. 
3 comments:
I'm so glad you posted this because I've been thinking the same thing. Another thing that's easy to do is stress out over giving someone the perfect gift when it's not the gift that really matters, it's the giving.
You're right, Ruth. Often we do stress out over the million details of this season, whether finding the perfect gift or baking all those cookies. Sometimes I think we get so caught up in doing, that we forget the reason we did in the first place was because we enjoyed doing it.
Anyway, I hope you can relax and have a joyful Christmas season!
Thanks, you too.
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