THE SEASON OF WHAT???

THE SEASON OF WHAT???

“Please accept without obligation, express or implied, these best

 wishes for an environmentally safe, socially responsible, low stress,

 non-addictive, and gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice

 holiday as practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the

 religious persuasion of your choice (but with respect for the religious

 or secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or for...... their

 choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all) and

 further for a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically

 uncomplicated onset of the generally accepted calendar year

 (Including, but not limited to, the Christian calendar, but not without

t due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures). The

 preceding wishes are extended without regard to the race, creed,

 color, age, physical ability, religious faith, choice of computer

 platform, or sexual preference of the wishes.”

I saw this posted on Facebook the other day and had to ask myself

 what in the world is going on in the minds and hearts of people these

 days. Everyone is so hell bent on having their way with this season it

 makes my head spin and my soul ache. The whole mess started as a

 SEASONAL celebration. It had nothing to do who was born when or

 what religion should take credit for it. It was the realization that the

 darkest and coldest half of the year had arrived and was a celebration

 of light to coax the warmth and heat of the sun back into dominance.

This celebration was done with closeness of family, friend and

 community. It was done with feasting, sharing, hope, closeness of

 people for support against the cold and dark comradeship and love.

 It was a communal affair. It brought people TOGETHER!

This time of the year has been called many things by many people

 over the millennia, and they are all correct. Because of the diversity

 of people, there have been a diversity of traditions (each one

 borrowed and built on from those before and around it) and each

 tradition speaks to its celebrants in its own unique way, and this is

 good. One does NOT need to take precedence over the other. The

 Creator did not intend us to act in such a domineering manner about

 this (or any other holiday) that we strip all the joy of celebration

 from it. We are all here on this planet, in this life to learn how to love

 each other not to see how many we can kill or brow-beat into our

 way of thinking. Statements like the one quoted above should not be

 required. We should be Spiritually Mature enough by now to

 understand that though there is but one Truth, there are many paths

 to it. We should be able to allow the other person to find their way

without guilt, condemnation, sermons and snarky barbs to herd them

 into our personal belief mold.

Wake up Dear people and learn to allow each person (including you)

 their own relationship with their own personal path to the truth. If

 you feel that you need to intercede, I must ask you if your faith is so

 small that you don't trust the Creator to handle these things? Are you

 so presumptuous as to believe that if you don't instruct them, they

 will wander, lost in the dark? The author J.R.R. Tolkien said that

 “All who wander are not lost.” and this is true. If you tend to your

 business, your spirituality and your true responsibilities you will find

 that your reason for the season is clearer... to you; is more

 meaningful...To you, is happier, more joy and love filled as well as

 stress free...for you and is much saner and more sacred for

 EVERYONE!

I wish you all the love, kindness and joy or your seasonal path and

 Bright Blessings, Chessie

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