Features for the Season of Joy

Dec 22, 20083 min read

Deviation Actions

Published: Dec 22, 2008

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Merry Christmas!!!

How great a gift is given this blessed day:
A peaceful heart, increased by loving…
The gift we receive as we give it away.

Here's a delightful reminder of the radiant simplicity of beauty that is waiting for us in every whole moment that we leave free of our incessant and meaningless distractions:

WHEN I RETURNED FROM ROME

A
bird took flight.
And a flower in a field whistled at me
as I passed.

I drank
from a stream of clear water.
And at night the sky untied her hair and I fell asleep
clutching a tress
of God's.

When I returned from Rome, all said,
"Tell us the great news,"

and with great excitement I did:
"A flower in a field whistled,
and at night the sky untied her hair and
I fell asleep clutching a
sacred tress..."

- St. Francis of Assisi

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