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So another Christmas has come and gone and we find ourselves once again at December 26th, the day after, wondering where all our time, money and energy went as we gaze upon opened gifts under the tree, and reflect on our fondest memories of yesterday.

Yet, as I look back on the past year and prepare for a new one, I could not help but think about the fact that so many of our fellow Americans yesterday, and people around the globe do not have enough food to eat, clothing to wear, or love in their lives to sustain them through the holidays, much less the new year that is upon us.

We know that the holiday season is very hard on single people, homeless or displaced people, our Military Troops serving abroad, and children who have no families. And, what I find most ironic, is that none of it has to be so.

America is still the shining city sitting on a hill for all the world to see. We are still posses the biggest hearts, minds, and souls when it comes to caring for the world’s sick, lost, abused, maligned and besieged.  But as the good preacher said yesterday something has happened to us as people; as a human race.  Many if not most of us, have an invisible sign hanging on the doorway to our hearts that says “do not disturb”-”vacancy”-”no more room left” or worse. We are more disconnected now than ever.

Today, I want to simply challenge myself and all of you to remove that signage from your heart and make a commitment in 2012 to do something quite simple: Make love a daily way of life. I reprinted below the lyrics below from a favorite holiday song by Celine Dione. I listen to it each Christmas season over and over because the words touch my heart. But, the test is can I, do I strive to live the words each day.

If life has taught me nothing else in my 44 years it is that life is so fragile, so innocent, so precious and such a vapor. It is gone before we know it and as you approach 50 years of age you began to grasp how blessed you are for each new day God gives you.  This year, my goal is to not save it all for the hustle and bustle of Christmas day. To give a little love everyday. I hope you will join me, and I pray that you had a blessed Christmas and will have an even better New Year’s Day!

Love,

Sophia

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“Don’t Save It All For Christmas Day”

(Don’t Save It All by Celine Dione)

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