Love
Photo has been created using ceramic tile pieces gifted to me by my youngest daughter Laurie after she returned from her recent trip to New Zealand.
The heart is a symbol of life and love, and the word 'aroha' means love in Maori. The Pohutukawa and Manuka are native New Zealand flowers.
As we gather together this Christmas season and as we celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ, let's remember to be a little more gentle, thoughtful, kind and forgiving of all the people we love the most- family, friends, neighbors and also everyone we come in contact with. It's the season of joy, so let's have fun celebrating together.
Here's a short excerpt I'm fond of from the children's story Winnie the Pooh:
It occurred to Pooh and Piglet that they hadn't heard from Eeyore for several days, so they put on their hats and coats and trotted across the Hundred Acre Wood to Eeyore's stick house. Inside the house was Eeyore.
"Hello Pooh, Hello Piglet," said Eeyore, in a glum sounding voice.
"We just thought we'd check in on you," said Piglet, "because we hadn't heard from you, and so we wanted to know if you were okay.
Eeyore was silent for a moment. "Am I okay?" he asked, eventually. "Well, I don't know to be honest. Are any of us really okay? That's what I ask myself. All I can tell you, Pooh and Piglet, is that right now I feel really rather Sad, and Alone, and not much fun to be around at all. Which is why I haven't bothered you. Because you wouldn't want to waste your time hanging out with someone who is sad, and alone, and not much fun to be around at all, would you now."
Pooh looked at Piglet, and Piglet looked at Pooh, and they both sat down, one on either side of Eeyore in his stick house.
Eeyore looked at them in surprise. "What are you doing?"
"We're sitting here with you," said Pooh, "because we are your friends. And true friends don't care if someone is feeling sad, or alone, or not much fun to be around at all. True friends are there for you anyway. And so here we are."
"Oh said Eeyore. "Oh."
And the three of them sat there in silence, and while Pooh and Piglet said nothing at all; somehow, almost imperceptibly, Eeyore started to feel a very tiny little bit better.
Because Pooh and Piglet were there.
AA Milne, E.H. Shepard
Love
Photo has been created using ceramic tile pieces gifted to me by my youngest daughter Laurie after she returned from her recent trip to New Zealand.
The heart is a symbol of life and love, and the word 'aroha' means love in Maori. The Pohutukawa and Manuka are native New Zealand flowers.
As we gather together this Christmas season and as we celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ, let's remember to be a little more gentle, thoughtful, kind and forgiving of all the people we love the most- family, friends, neighbors and also everyone we come in contact with. It's the season of joy, so let's have fun celebrating together.
Here's a short excerpt I'm fond of from the children's story Winnie the Pooh:
It occurred to Pooh and Piglet that they hadn't heard from Eeyore for several days, so they put on their hats and coats and trotted across the Hundred Acre Wood to Eeyore's stick house. Inside the house was Eeyore.
"Hello Pooh, Hello Piglet," said Eeyore, in a glum sounding voice.
"We just thought we'd check in on you," said Piglet, "because we hadn't heard from you, and so we wanted to know if you were okay.
Eeyore was silent for a moment. "Am I okay?" he asked, eventually. "Well, I don't know to be honest. Are any of us really okay? That's what I ask myself. All I can tell you, Pooh and Piglet, is that right now I feel really rather Sad, and Alone, and not much fun to be around at all. Which is why I haven't bothered you. Because you wouldn't want to waste your time hanging out with someone who is sad, and alone, and not much fun to be around at all, would you now."
Pooh looked at Piglet, and Piglet looked at Pooh, and they both sat down, one on either side of Eeyore in his stick house.
Eeyore looked at them in surprise. "What are you doing?"
"We're sitting here with you," said Pooh, "because we are your friends. And true friends don't care if someone is feeling sad, or alone, or not much fun to be around at all. True friends are there for you anyway. And so here we are."
"Oh said Eeyore. "Oh."
And the three of them sat there in silence, and while Pooh and Piglet said nothing at all; somehow, almost imperceptibly, Eeyore started to feel a very tiny little bit better.
Because Pooh and Piglet were there.
AA Milne, E.H. Shepard