Celebration and Forgiveness

Hard to believe that December 1st is already here, and the thermometer is still reading in the mid 50's. With Thanksgiving behind us, the official beginning of the Christmas season has come. So please join in with me and celebrate life and find forgiveness in your heart.I honestly believe celebration and forgiveness could be considered synonyms, because celebrating is all 'round good exercise for your heart and forgiveness relieves the body of stress. What beautiful partners they are....happiness and love. This month has so much celebrating, it is probably very fitting for us to start the month off with celebrating everything possible.

Let's celebrate by having new experiences, maybe discover a new place to take a walk, ('cause it did make all the difference in the world), or perhaps learning how to make it through these very difficult times. Certainly there are people who have come before us who have faced times even more difficult than we face today, and they made a difference by how they were able to celebrate and forgive.On the evening of December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, an African American was arrested for disobeying an Alabama law requiring black passengers to relinquish seats to white passengers when the bus was full. Blacks also were required to sit at the back of the bus. Her arrest sparked a 381-day boycott of the Montgomery bus system and led to a 1956 Supreme Court decision banning segregation on public transportation. I believe we should celebrate Rosa Parks!

Today President-elect Barack Obama plans to announce longtime advisers and political foes alike as his picks for top administration jobs at a news conference, nominating one-time political nemesis Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state. In addition to Hillary, it has been announced that he is keeping Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who has run the Pentagon for the last two years under President Bush. If political rivals can come together for the good of our country, honorable citizens - democrat and republican alike - should join in the celebration.

'Tis the season to be jolly and make the most of it, deck the halls, hang the mistletoe, bake some cookies, and forgive those who you need to forgive. I celebrate my life every day I live....thank you family and friends for filling it with blessings and happiness!