May your meditations be filled with the stillness and peace of Silent Night and the robust outpouring of Joy to the World. And may you feel the ecstatic bliss and love that unites us in peace as one people of many different colors, customs, languages, religions, and foods.
One people–from the messy-haired beggar, to glittery-gowned socialite; to the six month old trying to crawl, to the grandpa taking his last gasps with family around him; to the deer hunter in the woods, to the anti-gun lobbyist in Washington, DC; to the CEO of an oil refinery, to the Sierra Club president…
one people?…one people…
It is truly time to embrace the joys of life and love one another as one people–different in so so many ways–and yet essentially the same beings on a path from birth through life to death–thinking, feeling, eating, sleeping, struggling, suffering, laughing… with visions for their future….
What would it take for us to give up some of our fear, insecurity, hatred, anger, and blame? What would it take?
If we were only curious a bit more and a little less fearful….
If were only a little more open and accepting and not so insecurely “right” and threatened by the other or the strange….
If only were were a little calmer, a little less angry, and little more loving….
If only…there might be a real chance for peace and love on earth.
And real joy to the world!
The Every Day Yogi 