I've just turned off the lights on the tree, and tiptoed upstairs by the light of the window candles. The house is warm and my stomach is still quite full. Still, it feels right to try to make a few sentances produce themselves, or the holiday doesn't really feel solid.
The homily at the service last night was about the five words, "And the Word became flesh." Becoming flesh seems pretty obvious to me, but i can see where it might be a big step from being deity. :>
So, this Christmas i am thinking about my flesh becoming a little more Word - as i write with leaden fingers and sleepy brain. My Christmas wish is that we all become a bit more made of light, and Words, and beauty, and love, and creation. May you move towards the grandness of the huge, fantastic universe and expand your ways of being this year. May you encompass not just your self and your fleshy needs, but to reach out when you are tempted to be small.
May the largeness of the universe be a delight and a challenge you
willingly take on, and may your heart expand to cherish all you encounter.
Much love, and merry christmas,
susanargus
*chuckle* - my first reply to my holiday email (from my mom). Ah, the loving caress of technology:
Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: Dec 25, 2003
I will be out of the office until Tuesday, December 30, 2003. If you are contacting me about a computer related issue, please contact the Technical Support Center at 222-3535, option 1.
Thanks,
Mary