This Holiday Season
This has been a rough two years. The pandemic seems to want to hang around in its various forms. Yet this time of the year is supposed to be cheerful and bright. So with that in mind, we took a ride around our local towns looking for the brightness of the season and found some homes lit up for the holiday.
This one, in particular, was a sweet illustration of the light that we share. There is nothing fancy, no multi-colored lights or air-blown snowmen or blinking snowflakes, but it seems to reflect the light that shines within each of us.
I hope it’s a reminder that no matter what is happening in the world, we can still see the brightness of existence. And, perhaps, if we shift our way of thinking, we can offer compassion to all those who are suffering and bring light and joy to ourselves.
Editor’s Note: We, too, tried to cloak ourselves with the attributes of the season early and are now reluctant to remove the ornaments of it. Our favorite winter scene is one that we’ve found in a puzzle of a Hendrick Avercamp painting, Winter Landscape With Skaters, c.1608. It can be found at the marvelous Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands, a museum that we highly recommend for that painting, as well as the more famous work of art in the Mauritius nearby, The Girl With The Pearl Earring.
©2021 Ferida Wolff for SeniorWomen.com
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.