So here and here are my offerings but I only mean it a little bit. I do enjoy Christmas a great deal. I love the music, the wreaths, the scents, the food, the warmth, the coziness, the stockings on the fireplace, the presents, the chocolates and man, the expectation, the hope for something really really wonderful. But this year, dang it, everyone is in so much pain, myself included, and being clairsentient it really is amplified so it's increasingly more difficult to focus on the “joys” no pun intended, of the season knowing how much unnecessary suffering is happening for extraction and capitalist gains. The true beauty of life is found in connection and community and being so far away from that reality is really really painful, so this Christmas I am not going to pretend that everything is lovely, I will seek joy when and where I can find it but I will not be spiritually bypassing the pain of this moment. It will be a painful Christmas for many and we can hold space for that and for them and for the parts of us that want better for our friends, our family, our world and ourselves. Be easy, be open and stay woke, people.
