The World…

The World from a Christmas Tarot Deck

The Holiday Season is a time of culmination, when we pause for time with friends and family to celebrate our successes and let go of our collective disappointments. Together we raise a glass to all that the World had to offer and muse over what is yet to come in this quiet time before launching into a brand new year. The World, this past year, has been an unusual place, though, truly testing and pushing us all. This year’s holiday celebration looks and feels very different for most. Though many of us cannot be together the way we wish and many more of us must find a way to just get through this day, the sentiment of the holidays hasn’t been lost. We have united together in the challenges that have been thrust upon us this year and it’s been overwhelmingly affirming to see our first responders, leaders, friends, neighbors and community rise to the occasion with bravery and hope. If you think about it, in some ways, this year has been a year FULL of Holiday Spirit. A new year is on the horizon, so let us raise a glass to what is yet to come. Our world is cyclical and we are destined to find balance, fulfillment, wholeness and harmony.

One of my favorite Christmas songs is “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” written in 1943 for the Movie Musical, “Meet Me In St. Louis”. It has been covered and re-recorded hundreds, maybe thousands of times since its release. But, there is a lyric modification in most versions that has always struck me as strange and a bit lacking. It is really lovely to “Hang a shining star upon the highest bough”….but the original lyric is far more touching and meaningful. “Through the years, we all will be together, if the fate’s allow. Until then, we’ll have to muddle through somehow. So have yourself a Merry Little Christmas now.” Muddle through - and be as merry as you can be. A New World in a New Year is coming!