Christmas

It`s the day right before Christmas Eve. Nowadays it has becomed a harvest time for shops. Owners of business rub their hands and have a sneaky smile - I`m going to earn big time!
Why are we so obsessed with gifts - things to show our love? Why do we stress about it? Does it really matter?

It has something to do with the cycle of nature. In northern hemisphere days are short, the dark hours urge us to fill them with something. To block the thought of loneliness we try to fill it with things to make us feel better. It`s ok to give gifts, but it should not be an indicator of our love towards our family and beloved ones. Switch of the TV, take away the presents, Christmas tree and money spent on presents, food and decorations. Listen to yourself. Listen to your deepest voice. Isn`t there a small kid crying? Like Mariah Carey sang: "All I want for Christmas is you." I believe that`s what that kid inside us really wants - to be with beloved ones, feel loved and give love, appreciate what you have and be appreciated, light up smiles on other`s faces.

If we lived in a small house in a forest with no electricity, with no chance to buy gifts and be a part of the Christmas gift buying marathon, what is the first thing we wanted? Of course - to be with someone. To share with all you have. That`s what really matters. We come together with our families and light up the dark hours of winter with wood in the fireplace, smell of a special Christmas dinner and love. Yes, love towards yourself and love towards your loved ones.

It is very important to be with someone during these days when we take a step into new cycle, when days become longer. Same applies to giving birth to a newborn baby. He ends his last cycle and starts a new one. If he had not the chance to be in his mother`s belly away from hostile environment, he could not survive.
Imagine love as the belly of your mother, where you prepared and got stronger to make first steps into this world.

Spend Christmas with your family, visit your parents and grandparents, ask your kids to help you in the kitchen to make Christmas dinner, tell them stories, teach them to appreciate what we have, teach them to land a hand for those who are in need. It is our responsibility to make a better world. Each of us contributes in making a better world.
Don`t worry if you didn`t have time or money to buy gifts, it`s not that important if you make someone`s day special with your love.

Christmas is the real New Year`s eve, because the days become longer and we step into a new cycle.

I wish everyone to share love and be loved, to appreciate what we have and leave anger, pain, suffering and all other bad emotions behind. I think of everyone reading and not reading this, I want you all to be happy and loved.

Merry Christmas with love from Latvia.