Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Anticipation!

Can you feel it?
It’s in the air…
What? You ask…. why…
JOY of course!
The joy of the season and the thrill of the ideas of love and peace and good will towards all mankind and that means womankind too!

We are all so expecting the best to come magically.
With the chill in the atmosphere we feel this time of year is destine to be whatever our hopes and dreams have surmised.
And if we are optimists it will be just as exciting as we expect!
Ten more days for all of the Christians of the world to celebrate their holiday and it is in my feelings that, that has always been contagious to the rest of us.
Yes there are many religions in this world who do not celebrate this holiday called Christmas, but amazingly the world has taken to it as a very wonderful time of the year and welcomes all to celebrate with them; how truly nice.
Yet when we invite them to celebrate our different winter holidays sometimes we don’t get that same response, huh?

Not to divide us as a human race but I just wonder why that is?
Many holidays like Hanukah, Kwanza and the like would welcome the world too, but you rarely hear of such enthusiasm to join them in celebration.
How odd, I say and at this ripe old age I wonder why?
Freedom to believe in whatever you want to in this country is definitely allowed and traditions are part of all people’s faiths for this I am sure.
So why is it that we don’t try to recognize all others holidays as well and celebrate with them too?

I am not trying to start any trouble, you all know me… I am just an inquiring mind who wants to know why that is?
Yep, that’s it.

Anyone have any ideas I am opened to all suggestions, OK?
You see, in my immediate family we are of two different religions Hubby and me and everyone always wished me a Merry Christmas along with him when it is not my holiday, but people assume that I celebrate it since my husband did, got that?
Actually, not to be rude I haven’t said anything all these years, but neither of us converted from our religions.
He is still a Catholic and I am still a Jew.
And after all these years I would have loved for one of my in-laws to wish me a Happy Hanukah, since I always wished them a Merry Christmas, but no, it never ever happened and I wouldn’t ever make a big deal of it except I am now getting old and I have time to think about it.
I guess it always bothered me.
To me it is respecting others for who they are.
Am I wrong?
Oh dear another TABOO subject, RELIGION!
And why is that I ask you?
Since it is over religions that more wars than any have been fought, and no one wants to discuss it!
Crazy! Perhaps that is the reason for all those wars!
It could be just me, but I am not that smart…
Any-who, all of you wonderful people out in the world know that being of any religion means to love all of the world equally and respect our similarities as much as our differences, OK?
What a world it would be, huh?

On those words of joy of the season to ponder I want to wish all of you a happy, merry or whatever you need to be you to be happy and celebratory!
Because you know that Tobi loves you as you are and hopefully you love her too!

On that note of happiness beyond belief please have a very happy night and count all your blessings and share those overages and we will too!

And next time be here or be square, OK?

Which way will the war go?

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