There is no in.
There is no out.
There is no round-about.
There is only here.
There is only now.
There is no you.
There is no me.
There is no whomever-they-may-be.
There is only us, if we could only see.
There is only One being you and me.
Incarnation guided by a star
reminds us who we really are.
Alpha-Omega lights our way
through the shoals of eternity.
There is no path to anywhere
but everywhere we be.
There is only here.
‘There is only now.
Make the most of the moment
we are allowed.
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There are three bows to be untied
if peace is to abide.
Untie the bow of fear
and open the package of hope.
Untie the bow of greed
and open the package of faith.
Untie the bow of hate
and open the package of love.
Pretend it is Christmas Day
and celebrate
Peace to all of good will,
If you will.
Pretend it is your birthday
and free yourself
Of the past.
When all the bows are untied
Peace will abide.
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Time sleeps
For those who weep
It’s passage stopped by grief.
Time awakens
For those shaken
By tears’ release.
Glorious morning!
When light is reborn
Time freed of fear and scorn.
People awake who longed
For angels in song
Announcing the birth of a babe.
A babe who restarts time
Reawakens hope
And restores our joy.
Merry Christmas morn!
Delight in this gift given
The day Jesus the Christ is born.
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Too bright a light
washes the image
from our sight,
and blurs the edges
as if night
hid the view
in plain sight.
Spotlights have their use.
Their brilliance overrides
the fear of missing
what disaster often hides:
Scenes of tortures
deep and wide
meant to remain hidden.
“Smaller is better”
says the mother of a short child,
in a tiny house, with a small income.
“Too big is too wild”
she states without guile;
“It is the tiny smile
which touches hearts”.
The twinkling stars
in the darkest sky
remind us how far
our souls have journeyed.
And the star atop the tree
joins those strings of lights
to brighten our way.
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annarino writes 
MERRY CHRISTMAS 2024
Hope is the deep breath needed to sing Carols
heralding Jesus’ birth.
Hope is the breath first breathed into all living things.
Hope is the breath that softens
the hard contours of defended hearts.
Hope is the breath that soothes
the rough edges of fearful minds.
Hope is the breath that animates
the graceful move to gift our very selves.
Hope is the breath that lifts
the blindness of hateful eyes heavenward.
Hope is the breath that challenges
the world to dream of peaceful, new beginnings.
Hope is the breath that stores
the strength needed for moments when courage is needed.
Hope is the breath that brightens and enlightens
the darkness within each breathless soul.
Christmas is a time for deep breaths filled
with hope to face another moment, day, month, year.
Keep breathing is all that is required to fill
the world with Hope.
Each breath keeps Hope alive.
Merry Christmas with every breath taken
deeper in every way, every day
during the Jubilee Year of Hope.
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