Share My Joy

I've been asked the current countdown, it is four and a half days. WOW. I'm trying not to think about it in those terms. I pray I'll be ready. It's a good thing that after tomorrow I have the day free to work on things. I still have to write a paper for the class I'm auditing plus the posts. That should be interesting. :)

When I came home tonight, my roommate showed me the Charlie Brown Christmas tree she had put up. Nine little tufts of green with one red ball at the top. There are snowflake decals on the glass doors out to the balcony and lights all around my hope chest and her DVD stand. I love that little Christmas tree, it warms my heart like a sitting by a roaring fire with eggnog in my hands on Christmas Eve. The little things have come to mean so much to me, the little things in my life are the stars in my sky and love is the moon.

Today has been full of blessings and I am grateful. I got to spend most of the day with two wonderful women, learned some good language to describe spiritual direction (future post), contributed to their work in a creative way with tools I am good at using, got to celebrate two awesome events in the life of a friend at an unexpected party, and was blown away by the generosity of those around me as I have been for many weeks now. Even with all that has to get done and the tension that brings, my heart, my life is full and I am full of joy and thanksgiving. Life is good and it will continue to be good. As Jews, we celebrate life often. Our refrain is "L'Chaim" or "To life!" I really like this description: "L'Chaim reveals a lot about the Jewish approach to life. The phrase is not to a good life, to a healthy life, or even to a long life. It is simply to life, recognizing that life is indeed good and precious and should always be celebrated and savored. L'Chaim!" This is my happy L'Chaim dance tonight.



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