Reality Presents: Opportunity

December 22, 2008
Off Leash Dog Park - Dallas Road, Victoria

Reality ~ a moment in time.

Reality ~ an odd theme for the month leading up to Christmas.

So much unreality and fantasy throughout this month with it's magical images decorated in tinsel and coloured lights.

A cherished time for many ~ childhoods filled with wonder and fun.

For some, frightening and scary - suicide, heightened depression and active addiction filled with grief and rage.

When remembered realities of the past rudely elbow their way into the joys that are expected, life can blacken and slow dramatically.

In this stasis ~ goals for the future face imminent danger of getting lost in the ‘stress' of Christmas.

There is much in reality that can be made good ~

reality is full of opportunity whether fearful or not.

Opportunities 

to stop amid the rush and expectation of a season born in religious rite; 

to reaffirm stories of honour and humility that become tangled and lost in the commercial world of buying and selling.

to stretch back into the core meaning of Christmas using messages of acceptance and love to soften rough, cracking edges.

Today’s reality is a challenge and opportunity for everyone

to reach out and welcome folks into shared comfort,

to re-connect to life and living ~ definitely not an easy task ~ but so very worth it.

to honour all those that have gone before.

“Healing is a matter of time, but it is

sometimes also a matter of opportunity.”

~ Hippocrates