All I Want for Xmas Is the Truth

SUBHEAD: Scholarly research provides us with some important ideas about the holiday season.By Peter M. Nardi on 20 December 2010 in Miller-McCune -(http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-the-truth-26260)Image above: Detail of "Adoration of the Shepards" by Anton Raphael Mengs (circa 1750). From (http://www.abcgallery.com/M/mengs/mengs.html).By now, if you hear

A Hugo & Cat Christmas...

A Hugo & Cat Christmas...

'Twas two weeks before Christmas and I must confess
So much planning and organising caused a big stress.

Everyone was working, busy with deadlines,

Immersed in projects, as if they were gold-mines.
Rachael and Johannes wouldn’t argue with that,

Cos each was a goldmine for Hugo & Cat.

The teams have been busy with lots of new sites,

And all of this work has caused somewhat of a fright

Fearing the worst Simon is losing his hair,

Even though NAT’s success was incredibly fair

Nokia’s project was filmed in conditions below zero
that’s how Karolina and Yannick became their new ‘Heroes’

Sony are hoping a scoop of the gifts

Yet all we really want is just a new lift!

Adding to the work the office move is underway,

With wires and cables shortly here to stay

Gareth was mourning the server that died

The internet went bust and the circuits were fried.

So he’s been expecting new servers from Dell

Finally they arrived, the wait had been hell.

There are servers and backup and storage to boot,

for Takeo, Caroline and Murray to fill with their loot.

Some guys came to install the new fingerprint alarm

Glad it’s not laser as eyes could have been harmed.

The last bit of code Joanna finished with care,

lighting her face with the monitors glare.

The teams have been busy with lots of websites

All the computing and tech stuff built up appetites

Suddenly outside there arose such a clatter,

I sprang from my desk chair to see what’s the matter.

Above the scaffolding something appeared

in a tiny red sleigh drawn by eight tiny reindeer,

and a little red driver so lively and quick.

Mahen knew in a flash; It must be St. Nick

Those granddad pants look familiar, Rich Kivell said

But they are not mine, they’re Santa’s instead.

Federico and Davide, with Italian speciale

exclaimed in unison; Buon Natale

The corners of his mouth were turned up in a grin

and a fluffy white beard hung down from his chin.

A bottle of Isklar in his left hand was held

and a Sony Reader was strapped to his belt.

He was chubby and plump, a right silly old elf

Made Bastian laugh despite of himself.

Santa looked up, opened his mouth to speak

But nothing came out, his voice was too weak.

De La Cruz giggled like a little school girl

And Mumford joined in, spinning in twirls.

Kristof declared he knew what the problem was

Some rum was missing for poor Santa Claus.

After his tipple Saint Nick tried anew

This time success as his voice grew;
“Now it is Christmas, it is time for a break,

Sleep and relaxation and presents to make
Take some time off and some time to rejoice
Holiday season for all the girls and the boys.

“Hang on a minute, is this the right place?”

said Santa and turned red in the face.

“Rob has been naughty and Lee was a new dad,

sounds to me that too much fun has been had!”

“Ever since Ian found his girlfriend
Hardly any free time with work he’d spend.

When everyone gathers on Fridays for drinks
He’s gone like a flash before the eye blinks.”

Hmmm, who else is missing, let’s have a look
Josh is not here, he’s not playing by the book.

And where did Ulysses go, I can’t help but wonder

A long holiday taken to escape all the thunder.

He’s gone to see family very very far
I hope he brings me a Cuban cigar.

This is disaster Santa Claus said
I knew I shouldn’t have stepped out of bed
The journey was a long all the way to Bluebird
And look I even stepped in a reindeer turd.

Shaking his head, profanities he muttered
While all of the group just sat there gutted.

Drunk and disorderly Santa stopped his attack
He left with his reindeer and didn’t look back.

Afraid I must stop , because just as I knew;

spent too much time rhyming while I've got so much to do.

As I very well know, you care not of my plight,

so I say Merry Christmas and to all a good night.

:)

Dan K

The True Power of Goodness

Sometimes, we all look around at the mess and problems of our society and world and think, "Good heavens. We'll never resolve all this!" It's overwhelming. Worrying. Scary even.

But we're heading into Christmas time, and if ever there is an opportune time to take steps to remedy society's distortion, it is now. Surrounded as we are by these serious issues of lack of faith and charity, it's always beneficial to call forward the true spirit of Christmas.

Today on Healing Through Consciousness, the True Power of Goodness.

And I'm not talking about "letting a smile be your umbrella" or any of those other thousands of homilies that suggest we can raise our spirits simply by using slogan-adorned T-shirts or fridge magnets.

I remember my brother coming home from college for the holidays and lamenting that it was getting harder and harder each year to feel the Christmas spirit. In those days, I think we all though that if you just carried on, sooner or later the spirit would just kick in somehow ... like a perennial tulip bulb just awaiting the right conditions before awakening.

This is somewhat delusional, of course, thinking that the Christmas spirit would emergy spontaneously like spring.

No, my friends. To create a spirit of something, we need to take appropriate action. This is what opens the door to a resonance with spiritual things. My brother was waiting for the thing to hit, like waiting for the roulette wheel to come around with the ball in the pay-off slot.

And this need for good action is never more required for all of our social ailments than today. If we want something better, we've got some work to do.

Our program today is the result of a heart-felt email from a woman named Jan, and it affords Dr. Claudia Bernhardt Pacheco the opportunity to launch off on an expansive consideration of some of the principal issues facing us and our modern, technologically advanced but inverted society.

Your emails and calls to participate are always welcome. joneshealing@gmail.com

So let's jump in to the true power of gooodness by considering Jan's email.

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