All is calm. All is bright

This year we are not very calm and things don’t seem very bright if you watch the news every day. We are apprehensive and find it hard to acknowledge the unsettling discomfort around the difficult challenges during the holiday season this year.

So can we find “calm and bright” in different and unusual places? Focus on “be” rather than “do”. Find ways to help your neighbour, even whle distancing. In turning away from the hustle and bustle that normally overwhelms us throughout the holiday season, we can embrace different opportunities for “calm and bright” which might be exactly the gift we need this year. Find gratitude in the little things and be thankful for the small acts of kindness which keep brightness in our lives.

To all of you who will work right through the season - in hospitals, long term care homes, in grocery stores, doing deliveries, THANK YOU. We can’t survive without you. Keep safe, find joy where you can. 2021 is almost over.

See you in 2022.