“This Christmas, mend a quarrel. Seek out a
forgotten friend. Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust. Write a
letter. Give a soft answer. Encourage youth. Manifest your loyalty in
word and deed. Keep a promise. Forgo a grudge. Forgive an enemy.
Apologize. Try to understand. Examine your demands on others. Think
first of someone else. Be kind. Be gentle. Laugh a little more. Express
your gratitude. Welcome a stranger. Gladden the heart of a child. Take
pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth. Speak your love and then
speak it again. Christmas is a celebration, and there is no
celebration that compares with the realization of its true meaning —
with the sudden stirring of the heart that has extended itself
unselfishly in the things that matter most.” ~ Howard W. Hunter
I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas, or whatever it is you are celebrating this day. Whatever you're up to today I hope you're surrounded by loved ones, and if that's not possible I hope you have loved ones you can call and talk to.
It doesn't feel like Christmas. Well, it feels like half Christmas, if that were a thing. But I'm listening to Christmas music. A violin rendition of "Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella." It's sweet and flowing. A touch of hopeful and the melancholic. Jenny Oaks Baker is the artist if you want to look it up, and it is lovely.
It's Christmas already, which is strange and wonderful. Today will be a good day. A joyous day.
I hope today is wonderful for you.
Merry Christmas,
Sarah
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