T’is the season to set aside our differences, and celebrate the blessings we share. In the Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada it is easier than most other places in the world to do that.
We’re not perfect, but we are tolerant, reasonable, caring people. As important, we know our shortcomings, although we can’t always find ways of overcoming them.
So the presents we give one another, although we wish we could be so generous all year long; and the meals we provide for those less fortunate, though we’re sometimes grudging at other times of year; and the songs we sing, although we may be grumpy in other seasons; are all heartfelt and genuine.
If we think of the brother and sisterhood we feel toward one another on Christmas Day as a token of the better world we hope to achieve, and if we dream of expanding those feelings of kindness and caring to every season, and every place on earth, we are celebrating in the true spirit of Christmas.
