Never Ending Story

"I learned without her saying a word

there are truly many ways to pray,

and lighting a candle is one of them."

Pat Schneider

HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN...

Writing as a Spiritual Practice

Blessings to all on this day which is an opportunity for prayer in many shapes and forms.  Whether we find our lovely selves in temple or church or in the depths of nature, we have the opportunity to be thankful, grateful, or begging for forgiveness and strength.  

Most of us will be kept busy with food preparation, entertaining, or traveling as we check our lists and mentally prepare ourselves for overwhelming emotions.  On the very day designated  for  highlighting Divine Love, our emotions are definitely challenged.  No matter where we are, our feelings may be like buckshot impacting anyone who attempts to draw too near.

Although I miss the days of  Christmas Eve Services and Santa's gifts drawing my children around the tree, I am thankful for the solitude at day's end when I light a candle just for me.  I find it to be a sacred time to draw in the presence of all who are holy and each angel who has touched my heart.  While allowing only goodness to surface from the faces of the past and present, I find myself most thankful for the gift of life and the numerous realms beyond.  So strong is the sense of the non-physical never ending story, it is joyful to sit in bliss.