Hello and Happy New Year! I hope you all had a nice holiday season. I did buy a new calendar but the calendar I selected for 2024 is just pretty rooster pictures. It looks nice in our kitchen, but there are no inspirational saying to draw from. I have decided to continue to do my monthly inspiration posts, but they will be a little different this year.
This month our inspiration is this poem I wrote – something that has been on my mind for the last week.
In The Spirit of Christmas
The holidays are over, another year through.
It’s common at this time to start feeling blue.
The tree is down now, and lights put away,
but the spirit of Christmas can be here to stay.
To keep it around is up to you,
but read on and I’ll tell you some things you can do.
Greet other people with a smile upon your face.
Comfort those who are hurting with a warm embrace.
Show appreciation along the way.
A simple compliment can make someone’s day.
Offer grace or forgiveness to those who offend.
When you’re wrong admit it and make amends.
Use your time and your talents to do a good deed.
Donate your excess to others in need.
It’s good will toward others that begets peace on earth.
There is no currency to measure it’s worth.
It lives within you, the spirit I speak of.
This Christmas Spirit is AKA love.
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Wishing you all the best in 2024.
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A great poem. I particularly liked “To keep it around is up to you,”
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Wishing you and your family a wonderful and bountiful 2024 Ruth 🙂
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Backatcha, Rory. Hope it’s a great one!
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Beautiful. I hope a lot of people read this and truly embrace it!
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Thank you. Me Too!
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Love it. You are so creative. May there be many blessings ahead for the two of you in this brand new year !
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Thanks K.C. We are so blessed. Love you!
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Those are beautiful thoughts you have written here Ruth – thank you for sharing how you feel.
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Thank you, Linda. Did you get a new calendar?
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No I didn’t get a new one this year Ruth. I looked for a nature-type calendar at Meijer back in October when they first came out and they didn’t have any. I actually had one page from last years to use for January 2024, but the saying wasn’t really that great, so I didn’t use it.
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I usually get mine at Hobby Lobby.
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There is one in Taylor, so not too far from me. Is Hobby Lobby like a Michaels or Lee Wards (I’m dating myself mentioning Lee Wards but I got lots of craft materials there back in the day).
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Yes! Craft supplies and home decor. A fun place to shop – closed on Sundays though.
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I have to go there sometime Ruth. I used to spend a lot of time at Lee Wards (especially during my Pretty Punch embroidery days). And Michael’s too.
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Lovely poem, Ruth.
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Thank you. Sorry for the late reply. I just found your comment in the spam folder.
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Ha. No worries.
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Wonderful thoughts, Ruth.
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Thank you, Mitzy.
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Lovely post!
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Lovely message Ruth, thank you for sharing and all the best to you in 2024.
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Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
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