“Wouldn’t it be lovely
if it could be Christmas every day?””
Well to some no, as it’s the loneliest day of
their year, but if Christmas was all about giving, sharing, caring and reaching
out to those who needed us, and others held their hand out to us too, wouldn’t
life be wonderful?
If Christmas is about
peace, and we had peace every day, wouldn’t that be amazing?
If Christmas filled us
with a warm feeling of belonging and we are shown love and really feel it, I mean,
just get it, love so strong it fills our hearts so that thing that beats to
keep us alive is fed with only goodness, wouldn’t that be the most magnificent
way to wake up each morning and go to bed on every night?
Or, is that not how you
view Christmas? Whether you are religious or not, or you celebrate Christmas
don’t we all, need the above occurrences in our lives? So, why can’t we have
them, every day like that. Full of love help selflessness, kindness beyond
anything we have even witnessed before?
Because we are humans
and sadly we have lost our way? Because we think, why should we be like that,
no one else is! Because we can’t be bothered to take five minutes out per day
to think of someone else and take action on it? Because we are fine, so why care
about anyone else? After all, they never bother with me?
Think out of the box,
not everyone sees life like we do, but everyone surely needs some sort of love
kindness thought and care in their life at some point, whether or not we have
required that yet on our path of life, but one day we will. And do we want to
think when that day comes, no one will be there? Or, someone will be there, as
we were there, to help them, when they needed it.
Christmas is a new
start. A new beginning. The birth of, whether you believe in the religious
aspect of Christmas or not, let us do mankind a deed of goodwill. Start off
small and end up tall. Just like that Christmas tree growing up to the
sky/heavens.
Wouldn’t it be a lovely
idea to have an advent calendar each window we open every day leading up to the
25th of December, was a gift of kindness? Whether it be a phone call
to someone you haven’t spoken to for a while, a knock on a neighbour’s door
with a box of biscuits or a home-made cake, a donation to your local charity,
to ask someone who can’t get out of their house on their own if they need to go
somewhere? Or why not make something special for that person you love. A gift
made by you, from you. Volunteer yourself for a few hours per week? Even just
smile at someone who has the gift of sight or say hello to someone who can’t
see you. When people say hello to me as I pass them, you have no idea how much
that means to me. To be acknowledged. To feel like I belong, I mean something!
Christmas can be all
about money, but it doesn’t have to be. Words we say to each other, would we
want those words said to us? If not, then keep them to ourselves.
Wouldn’t it be lovely
if it could be Christmas every day?
© Fiona Cummings
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