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Think Green: Vashon Holiday Greetings

December 19, 2008 at 3:43 am Leave a comment

As temperatures plummet and our typically temperate shores are dusted in snow, it is that time of year to draw close, go within and really do some green thinking. What I mean to say is that to ‘think green’ is an ever-present opportunity to reflect upon, and thereby magnify, the riches that exist within you as well as the riches that surround you in the form of a warm house, a gift, a loved one or a loving intention. Yes… living green is as much an attitude or perspective as it is something you do.

We find ourselves confronting truly challenging economic conditions in the world which may cause you to alter the ways in which you typically observe Christmas and New Year. Yet you have an opportunity to be still, breathe deeply and know that you have the ability to give your SELF the greatest gift of all this holiday; the gift of creating an abundant, grateful and gracious condition WITHIN regardless of those circumstances that exist outside of you daily. Think about the jewels of your life as precious ornaments to wear within. There is much to celebrate! It’s a matter of being responsible for creating a succulent, healthy, prosperious internal environment as well as the external environment we share. 

Take a break from your work or worry. Grab something warm to battle the chill, look out to our perfectly clear, blue skies and see the snow-capped mountains in all directions. Connect to something bigger than yourself and know that, while it may often appear that adversity and uncertainty will not be resolved in the near term, you may exercise your freedom to choose what is, embrace it, and just be with it and your self. Know that you are NOT alone. We are in this together and together we will continue to think green until greener conditions appear in the tangible world.

Here’s a wonderful poem written by my friend Bob Mendoza that beautifully illustrates the warm wishes I send you and yours this holiday season…

“Regardless of what’s happened to you,
Regardless of what you’ve been given,
Regardless of who’s misheld you,
Regardless of what’s been ripped from you,
Here is something that is alive…..and will not die;
And if we can rest in the love of that certainty,
Then we can become breathtakingly generous………..
Because we have everything!

Even though we’ve been hurt,
Even though it’s been difficult,
Even though we’ve lost precious, lovely, beautiful things,
………Still we remember who WE ARE!

REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD,
………and THAT can never be taken from you.
And if you can walk on the earth feeling the truth
that when your foot touches the soil……….
every gesture will be kind,
every gesture will be love,
……….because that is what you are!

You are Love—-with the Inextinguishible Flame!
So am I———So WE ARE!”

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