Where did December come from?

Each time 330 days (give or take) pass, people start asking: “where did the year go?”

What happened to 2011?

Well, I already did a speedy recap of my year in a previous blog– however; the year did not start out wonderful and adventurous for me.  2011 birthed itself in excruciating labor – with pains, groans and a lot of blood and gore!  I am sure it is no secret that 2010 was a tough one for me, I ‘barely made it’ emotionally - ok.  (Thankfully 2011 didnt stay dismal - it became rather wonderful!!)

When you are in the moment, life just seems so hard and slow and then when you are having a good time – time just doesn’t even seem to matter, nor stand still long enough for you to bask in the pleasure.  But I have learnt and come to realize that time is the same – no matter the good or the bad experiences of it... If you lose time, it’s just gone.. youth goes with it.. and life will pass you by.  Unless  you look into your own soul and live out the passions within it, you will just sit and constantly look backward in despair or look forward hopelessly - YOU decide to live in this moment and make the most of it.

It sounds very clichéd, after all -haven’t philosophers, preachers, teachers and motivational people been saying this for centuries and yet we still have struggles about past and future.  When neither really exists in the NOW.  Every time you get to the future it changes its name.. And here we are.. Christmas is on the horizon. People are starting to look back – some with disappointment, pain and discouragement and some with joy and gratitude..

And we also look forward.  

There is a wariness about this time of year.  People are just tired.  We all work hard. Some of us have played hard and just exhausted life’s goodness (who are they? LOL).   And some have wallowed in the land somewhere in between.  Wherever you find yourself at this time – I can only pray that there is still a place for hope and most of all love.

Falling in love, loving, being loved is the only thing that matters on earth.. So I plan to fall in love with as many things as possible… give love to as many people as possible and embrace love in as many ways possible.. Because the “greatest of these [things in life] is Love”.

I quoted the end of that scripture but the paraphrased version of the entire thing says (This is the Delise interpretation):

“It really doesn’t matter who you are or what you do…without love you are really nothing at all".

Love never fails.. every person (no matter the name or the fame) will go away, every fortune will disappear, every tongue will cease.. and all that remains on this earth is Faith, Hope and Love.. but the greatest of these... Is love”

1 Corinthians 13.

Wishing you more love than you have capacity to imagine, more hope than your mind can conceive and more peace than your heart has ever known - for now AND for the New Year to come!!

Have a Safe and wonderful Christmas.  I am looking forward to fabulous 2012 full of purpose and new and exciting adventures.
To God be the Glory.