The Magic, Miracles and Joy of an Artist: Reflection

Monday, December 12, 2011

Reflection

During this busy time of Christmas preparation, take some time to stop, light a candle, take a deep breath, and reflect on what Christmas is really all about. Enjoy a few moments of relaxation. Let some memories of Christmases past come to mind. Go back to your childhood and those happy memories of days filled with anticipation and then the excitement of Christmas Day. Remember those loved ones who are no longer with you and think about the Christmases that you shared with them. Look through your old albums at Christmas photographs. I guarantee at least one smile on your face and in your heart. One more thing. Say a little prayer that man will come to his senses and bring Christ back into Christmas. I hope this will be a merry and blessed Christmas season for all of you.

♥ audrey

6 comments:

Terra said...: This is a post with a great message, dear blog friend.; December 12, 2011 at 11:15 AM
martinealison said...: De très jolis mots pour nous rappeler le bon sens de Noël...
Je vous souhaite tout plein de bonnes choses ma chère...
Gros bisous; December 12, 2011 at 2:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Oh you too Audrey. This Christmas is about far away friends lime you and how much you enrich my life! xox Corrine; December 12, 2011 at 3:34 PM
Anonymous said...: Oh and puppies of course! xox Corrine; December 12, 2011 at 3:35 PM
elena nuez said...: Audrey this is so beautiful!!!!

I wish you all the best,
elena; December 12, 2011 at 6:33 PM
illustration poetry said...: hi goodmorning FF; December 14, 2011 at 8:05 PM

For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come!

I AM A "SEARCHER"

"I am one of the searchers. There are, I believe, millions of us. We are not unhappy, but neither are we really content. We continue to explore life, hoping to uncover its ultimate secret. We continue to explore ourselves, hoping to understand. We like to walk along the beach, we are drawn by the ocean, taken by its power, its unceasing motion, its mystery and unspeakable beauty. We like forests and mountains, deserts and hidden rivers, and the lonely cities as well. Our sadness is as much a part of our lives as is our laughter. To share our sadness with one we love is perhaps as great a joy as we can know - unless it be to share our laughter. We searchers are ambitious only for life itself, for everything beautiful it can provide. Most of all we love and want to be loved. We want to live in a relationship that will not impede our wandering, nor prevent our search, nor lock us in prison walls; that will take us for what little we have to give. We do not want to prove ourselves to another or compete for love.

For wanderers, dreamers, and lovers, for lonely men and women who dare to ask of life everything good and beautiful. It is for those who are too gentle to live among wolves."

~ James Kavanaugh

I am THE LOVERS Tarot Card

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