Christmas is nearly here and the New Year is fast approaching.Â
As the year 2020 Â enters its final days, I find myself thinking of the meaning of Christmas and all that has occurred this eventful year.
I am so grateful to be here among you, among the living and breathing and among this community of lighter workers and friends. In the year 2020, these words have great significance and meaning. Â
We have weathered many storms together, faced our mortality, our fears and ourselves. Â We have stared deeply into the mirror and found the stuff of which we are made. We have discovered our true strengths and weaknesses. We have learned how to love fiercely from a distance, show compassion to strangers, find humor in the incomprehensible and comprehend the bizarre. Â
We have seen the light rise on a new dawn and found miracles of hope answer our prayers. Â
We have learned to trust our intuition more, Â and ask for help when needed. Â
We may be exhausted and battered, but we are here today. Â Together.
No one knew what would unfold when 2020 began, but together we stand taller and wiser. Â We have survived everything thrown at us. Â Some of us have lost dear family members and friends, others our sense of normalcy and peace. Â Some of us have felt isolated and alone as never before.
But we have also gained a great deal.  We have gained an understanding of what is important, of how to be better humans, the reality of the inequalities and injustices our  brothers and sisters have endured and continue to endure.  We have found creative ways to stand up for what is good and right.  We have thrown light at darkness, called out evil and discovered angels guiding us onward.  We have re-discovered our democracy is fragile and worth fighting for.  We have found that we can make a difference and that we are not alone.  We have embrced love to lift us higher
As 2020 comes to it's final chapter, I am honored to be here at this time during this particular history of earth. Â I am honored to be here with all of you in a loving and caring community created by our dear Jeanne. Â May we continue to be the lighthouses on the stormy sea coasts, those beacons of hope guiding each other when we are lost and frightened, guiding us to safer harbors, guiding us lovingly home. Â May we feel the peaceful calm of a light filled dawn, the promise of a new beginning and all the wonderful possibilities those promises hold. Â
I wish for everyone peace, love and hope. Â May all of us enter 2021 as firebirds rising from the ash of 2020 and soaring above it to new wondrous heights.Â
May our community continue to be a blessing next year and for many years to come.Â
Merry Christmas and Happiest of New Years.
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Such a powerful tribute and blessing, @lovendures. Beautiful. Thank you, my friend.
I thank all of you for the unwavering love, support, wisdom, and laughter you have generously shared with me this past year. You are all such kind and beautiful souls. You’ve touched and changed my life in myriad ways. It fills my heart with joy, and I will be forever grateful.
May the coming New Year fill your hearts with joy, peace, and many blessings. ???   Â
Merry Christmas to all, & prayers for a wonderful new yesr. Just beautiful @lovendures.
I've had little to no Christmas spirit this year. Very atypical for me. I'm better after my surgery, but taking it slow as the doc said. I don't go out excrpt for what's necessary-like grocery shopping. When I do go out, Monica lets me kmow she's near by the Christmas carols that play. I'm not depressed, just in a holding pattern. I think by next week I'll probably be antsy enough to start planning & undertaking household projects.Â
I get the distinct feeling that next year will start off rocky & seemingly ominously for us all, but like the saying goes referring to spring- in like a lion, out like a lamb.Â
I tried to get to the beach for a clear view & photo opportunity on the solstice, but so did so many others. There was no place to park. While it was disappointing to not get a picture. It was heartwarming to find that so many ventured out, signaling how many were joyful and hopeful.
This community has been a blessing. I've learned so much from all of you and I look forward to a new year of reading everyone's posts and being a part of this great group project. Thank you to Jeanne for being its amazing creator and host, and to all of you for being such wonderful folks.
Happy Holidays all!!
I am so very thankful that I found this community as things were starting to get very hard for me. I have only been with you all a short time, but am so very grateful for all of you. May you enjoy the Holiday season to it's fullest and have a very loving and light filled New Year. With 2021 comes good changes and I am looking forward to sharing those changes with all of you.
Blessing and good health to you all ❤️ ?Â
Wow, @lovendures, what a lovely and loving post! I am going to put a copy of it in the Hall of Fame, so that it will be easy to find and read all year long. Wish i could put a copy of *you* in the Hall of Beautiful Souls.
Peace and Love, and Happy Holidays to the entire Forum family!
This site has been a blessing, a welcome sanctuary from the craziness of the past couple of years. It's nice to be here, and while we still have some things to deal with in the future, it's good to know we have each other and that connection to the Universe we can share and that's giving me hope.Â
Wishing you all blessings of joy, peace and harmony. I thank you for being people and a place that gave a sense of hope to get through a very difficult time. Many times it has (and still is on some days) felt like there is no light ahead but coming here has helped me feel like there is--a light that is burning bright and steady. Sometimes we never know what words will give us such a deep and inspiring connection. Thank you all again and wishing much peace, strength and courage ahead.
I got a double gift. First, Perth, Australia radio host Chris Ilsley gave me a chance to tell the world of the blessings we can expect in 2021. The 10 minute reading was divinely inspired. He is a wonderful interviewer. Click this to hear the interview. Â
Then last night Mary Ann Bohrer who wrote the Gift Within Us, heard the interview and wants to promote it in the U.S. She sent me her pitch to the media which is lovely. Â Here it is with Mary Ann's highlights and the transcript is in the next post.