“Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.” - Thomas S. Monson
A poem for the season, which again this year has become fraught with moredifficulties, discontent, insecurity and much melancholy. The world seems to be on a downhill slide with a cliff fast approaching…
This Christmas
These days before Christmas:
The tinsel and the trees,
The carols and the candles,
The gift-buying and the gladness…
The Christmas spirit:
Peace and prosperity,
Love and kindness,
Joy to the world…
The Christmas story:
As reinvented by big business,
Where profit rules,
And lip service is duly paid …
And this year’s Christmas:
Trying to bring together family,
Salvage sanity and seek serenity,
Reduce the complex to the bare essentials…
And yet the world becomes more and more insane:
Terrorism and torture,
Murder and mayhem,
Horror and hate,
War and wickedness,
Lies and lovelessness…
This Christmas:
Gather around you those you love,
Seek peace actively;
Give to some strangers what they most need,
Forgive those who have wronged you;
Think of those who have lost all,
Change what you can for the better –
And find Christmas within your heart,
No matter what your religion is…
These days before Christmas:
The tinsel and the trees,
The carols and the candles,
The gift-buying and the gladness…
The Christmas spirit:
Peace and prosperity,
Love and kindness,
Joy to the world…
The Christmas story:
As reinvented by big business,
Where profit rules,
And lip service is duly paid …
And this year’s Christmas:
Trying to bring together family,
Salvage sanity and seek serenity,
Reduce the complex to the bare essentials…
And yet the world becomes more and more insane:
Terrorism and torture,
Murder and mayhem,
Horror and hate,
War and wickedness,
Lies and lovelessness…
This Christmas:
Gather around you those you love,
Seek peace actively;
Give to some strangers what they most need,
Forgive those who have wronged you;
Think of those who have lost all,
Change what you can for the better –
And find Christmas within your heart,
No matter what your religion is…
Christmas is a sad time for those who are alone and those who have lost everything. May they receive some Christmas joy . Splendid Christmas poem.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas, Nicholas !
Yes, Nicholas, this is how we must withstand. The darkness is trying to gain ascendancy, but there are more of us full of light than darkness. We just have to stand firm and do what we can, where we are. Loved this post!!!
ReplyDeleteWonderful words and description: " A poem for the season, which again this year has become fraught with more difficulties, discontent, insecurity and much melancholy. The world seems to be on a downhill slide with a cliff fast approaching… "
ReplyDeletePowerful and sensitive lyrics in your Christmas poem! Many thanks for sharing it with us. Wishing you a lovely holiday season to you and family! Merry Christmas!
Wonderful closing verse! Thank you.
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