A FRIENDLY REMINDER...

A poem from me to you:

IT'S CHRISTMAS AGAIN

It’s Christmas again, but something is wrong

The days are frantic, the lines are long,

We’re caught up in the frenzy, the mad dash for stuff

Even though every purchase is never enough.

Like mice in a maze, we scramble the floors

Spirits sinking, while our credit debt soars,

We fret over shopping, getting just the right gift

While forgetting that inside, our hearts are adrift.

We’re supposed to be happy, full of good cheer

But something is missing at this time of year,

We’re angry, and stressed, and oftentimes sad

And we end our days just feeling bad.

Isn’t it time that we learned to stand still

And ponder the things that truly fulfill,

So look beyond the holiday ado

And open your mind to the world around you.

There are greater things on earth than things

There is beauty that makes the empty heart sing,

There’s the sun that warms your smiling face

The wind that brings a soft embrace.

The mighty ocean, and mountains tall

Sunsets, wildflowers, an eagle’s call,

There’s the joy of touch, the gift of laughter

These are the treasures we’re truly after.

All good things come from above

From the Creator of all, the God who brought love,

He is the one who gives Christmas its meaning

With His wonderful work of man’s great redeeming.

So amidst the holiday toil and strife

Remember the importance of one newborn’s life,

And while frantically buying those presents to give

Remember He came so that you could live.

There are greater things on earth than things

There is Someone who makes the empty heart sing.

© Sharon Kirby

December 21, 2004

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