peace - One Less Dog In The Hunt

I’m laughing at the moment. Christmas. The most wonderful time of the year. Is it really? It should be right? It’s supposed to be all about family, celebrating the birth of Christ – the actual reason for the season, and about generosity. But even in the best of times the Christmas Holiday season is trying. It’s much better for me these days. After 30 years of retail, literally striving to commercialize every aspect of the season, it’s nice to just try to enjoy it. Still, with the economy the way it’s been, supply chain issues, a virus that just won’t go away, a country that is dangerously divided, the happenings throughout the world – it just seems to make it harder.

There’s this little place nestled between the mountains; a small community cradled in a lovely green valley which seemed to be lost to time and tedium. It’s the kind of place that is so wonderful that you want to keep it all too yourself, but it’s also so incredible that you just can’t keep the secret. I know; I’ve lived the struggle. It even entered my writing by giving me the starting place for a novel.

When a friend introduced me to the place, I immediately felt like it was my soul’s home. It was quiet and peaceful. Just being there seemed to recharge that place inside which holds the essence of life. While the soul absorbed the energy of nature, the eyes took in the beauty; the nose took in the fresh scents; the ears took in the calming sounds; the mind marveled at creation. And relatively few people seemed to know of its existence. Full disclosure: My friend’s family was introduced to the place by someone else who had discovered it, and so its presence was slowly passed on.

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The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year?

Peace At Last