“And so this is Christmas, and what have you done?  Another year over, and a new one just begun.”  – John Lennon

 

Christmas is wondrous – for those filled with joy.

Christmas is delightful – for those living in the moment.

Christmas is inconvenient – for those feeling overwhelmed.

Christmas is sad – for those missing loved ones.

Christmas is depressing – for those feeling hopeless.

 

Christmas is so many things to so many people.

 

The celebration of holy birth of the Savior

The opportunity to gather with family and friends

The exchange of gifts

Christmas carols

Christmas cards

Christmas trees

Christmas lights

Christmas ornaments

Christmas egg nog

Christmas tamales (hey, I live in San Antonio)

 

But shouldn’t Christmas be more personal?

 

What if Christmas had an even deeper personal meaning in your life, your story, your journey?

 

Since the late-Eighties, I have studied the works of the late mythologist Joseph Campbell, who spent his life studying the world’s religions and folklore.

One of his key teachings was that during a holiday such as Christmas, we should internalize the story into our own lives.

Not just celebrate the holiday.

But live it. 

Embody it.

 

Thus, since the Christmas miracle involves the birth of the divine into the flesh and the physical world, why not allow the birth of the divine into our bodies, our hearts, our souls?

On this Christmas

and every day…

May you feel, allow and increase the holiness that already exists inside of you and all around you.

And may you know

That every day

Every moment

Is a miracle.