Keep it simple. Not much time today just to enjoy but I can see the temptation to want more all the time rather than being content. One of our cats has got the message: instead of the padded beds in which they never sleep, she has settled down on a plastic bag of decorations - or now, just the plastic bag: can’t get simpler than this.
We don’t get much of a chance to talk to strangers in Little Hampden but we did meet a neighbour delivering cards and were able to chat. We also had an e-mail card from another. I’ll look out for ramblers over Christmas: we usually see some on Boxing day.
Still quite a lot to do for Christmas so finding some quiet time is still difficult. But most of the presents are wrapped, the outside lights are up (and on a timeswitch so they are only on during the evening) We’ve worked out where we are putting everyone over Christmas - we’ll put the three grandsons in together. They probably won’t sleep anyway so they may as well all not sleep in the same room. Tomorrow’s the last day before Christmas: I need to find time to look back and make sure that some of the ideas from the last three weeks are still with me. I’m trying to keep the Christmas story uppermost and not get swamped in the commercialisation. I’m also trying to find some quiet time each day.
In the spirit of the ‘less is more’ I’ve been looking at one of the cards we have received. It’s a National Gallery card and is a detail of ‘The Adoration of the Kings’ by Carlo Dolci. When I saw this on the back of the card I was fascinated and wanted to see the full picture. Rather surprisingly, the Gallery has printed only the star which forms a small - but important - part of the picture. My first reaction was what a waste - but I think it’s a good model for today’s actions.
Tomorrow: find time, get inside the story.
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