Christmas: Eternal Memories

I try to remember all the times with family and friends and the one time I felt completely alone. What lessons does my life have for me? Can I remember all these times with fondness and not sadness?

I still want to remember the old days, the innocence of childhood and the magic of lights and the simple meaning of Christmas, but also want to celebrate this very special time with something more special; something deeper. For me, I want to go inside of me and remember the cherished gifts and memories that make me who I am today.

I want to know if I am also giving birth to the Christ within me, my true being, and my own soul, something permanent to add to the stream of memories. That would be a birth of something deeply meaningful, it would never grow old, it would never die, and I would never feel alone, ever.

Everything in our life is recorded and we can remember them with joy. On the outside, events come and go; people come and go. But they never really leave us if we hold them in our hearts openly and without any remorse. Our heart is big enough to hold all the great things that we have experienced.

If I remember them with simplicity, not making something out of them that was not, but in simplicity, and holding them in my heart with no tightness and no remorse, and moving those cherished feelings through myself to now, then everything and everyone is included. I bring the whole package through the river of my life.

I create a huge treasury of wonderful and loving occasions and persons who will always stay with me.