A Christmas Blessing – for a not so bright holiday

May you acknowledge what you genuinely feel this holiday season;
May you know that you are not the only one with such sensation and sentiment;
May you continue to hold dear, memories once cherished though bitter-sweet;
May you freely release tears that come from the child within;
May you realize the cost of truly loving much, is much pain when truly separated;
May you accept that pure appreciation rarely comes until there is absolute absence;
May you feel grateful for what was once yours, even though it is no longer;
May you have joy now in things little and simple;
May you hold hope against all odds, while held beneath a limiting mask of fear;
May you find light when all else seems surrounding darkness;
May you experience inner peace that defies outer logic;
May you seek Christ who came to heal the broken hearted & nurture the weary soul.

—RWO/MAST