Christmas is coming fast, but try to slow down. Before you know it Christmas will be over.
Most of us live our lives in a hurry. We hurry to finish school, hurry through meals, hurry through the work week and hurry into retirement.
In a twinkle of an eye we have hurried through our lives.
The clock cannot be reset.
Christmas is here. Let’s smile and enjoy it.
Christmas past
The past is in the past and you can’t change yesterday. You can relish, rejoice or regret yesterday but you can’t change it.
If you could, you might have spent an extra hour at the lake or an extra day on vacation. You might have given an extra hour to passing that football with your kids or staying an extra hour to help momma clean up the kitchen.
You might retract some words that came out of your mouth in a moment of frustration.
The memories are numerous when we look back.
Let last Christmas make you wiser this Christmas
Christmas future
Take a moment and look ahead to Christmas 2023
Let me urge you to take the focus off spending lots of money. Consider drawing names if you have a large group that gathers.
Consider making a donation to a favorite charity this year.
Think about giving some time to an agency that needs volunteers in 2024 and be trained and ready to go next Christmas.
Take the focus off eating.
Do you really want to start the New Year ten pounds heavier? Nobody needs five different kinds of pies and cakes. The more you have to eat in your refrigerator the more you will eat.
Don’t add to the problem. Make some good food and make it as healthy as possible.
However, take the time to enjoy what is put on your plate and try to enjoy it with people who are meaningful to you.
Christmas present
Try to focus on whom and what Christmas is all about: A humble family giving birth to a baby in Bethlehem.
Life was surely hectic and crazy for Mary and Joseph. They walked 70 miles – Mary very pregnant – to a tiny village to pay taxes. Mary had her baby Jesus in a place where the animals were kept.
Life for them was surely filled with stress. Soon they would leave Bethlehem because they feared for the life of their child. They certainly experienced tiredness and worries.
The story says shepherds came to see the baby Jesus. Angels appeared in celebration of his birth. Wise men from the East came bringing him gifts.
A lot of attention was given to that little baby!
This season focus on what and who is important before the season is over. Take an extra moment to enjoy Christmas.
Floyd Ingram is the Editor of your Clarksdale Press Register. Can’t you tell how much he enjoys this time of year! Call him at 662-627-2201 if you enjoy it, too.
