MOST WONDERFUL TIME

Christmas is just over a week away. This is the first night this week that I have not attended a 'holiday function.' Feeling dragged down by festivity? Here's a possible remedy: a grape and blueberry smoothie followed by the Colbert Report and a hot Epsom Salt bath. Then drink 64 oz. of water and hit the pillow at 8:30p.m. ...DOH! It's already 9:36! Anyway, I exhale and proclaim that I'm psyched for a great Christmas.

Sometimes we get tired and forget what Christmas is. We argue over retail marketing stategies in defense of our religion. (Wow. Is our faith so weak that this is all it takes to threaten it?) We curl into ourselves and choose fear over growth and learning. We throw strange, facsimile comforts at our problems and curse what we don't understand.

May you remember in the next two weeks, and, for the love of Pete, the other 300+ days in the future...that this entire season of glittering chaos is the modern-day seeker's star. There's so much evidence here in this celestially darkest part of the year to lead to a new discovery of truth. Be Courageous.

What are you wanting? What is your big question this year?

We want connection. We want love. We want life.

Unlikely as it seems, there was once a baby born in chaos, cold and animal stink who is still the all-purpose filling for our half empty glasses. So keep looking. And get ready to find that crazy little thing called love. It's Christmas.