Repost from 2017
By Vuvueffino (Own work) via Wikimedia Commons This was first posted here on December 2017. With all that is happing in the world, I thought it was worth reposting. Yesterday was such a lovely day...snow falling, peace-filled moments with my loved ones and joy-filled conversations. But... Once our sacred celebrations are over, w hat happens? When the stable is empty, the candles are burned down, or the fire is gone cold, what do we do? Do we simply return to our lives as before? Or, do we take something from whatever practice we follow to begin anew in the new year? Do we release the pain and sorrow of the past so that we might travel lightly and with strength into the future, believing that we ARE the change we have been waiting for all this tim e? The following was written by Rev. Howard Thurman. I first posted this back in 2012, but I think it bears repeating. The message in this poem is universal and we need to consider it more today than ever before. Work of