Tests have
proven color and light play a significant role in
influencing our moods. Even if we don't believe such
statements, we can recall how we feel at the onset
of a brilliant sunrise or breathtaking sunset.
We can
remember how we feel after two or three days of
gray, overcast skies.
The bright and
vibrant colors stimulate our senses, and we react to
them differently than we react to gray, dark colors.
The
colors we wear and the way we decorate our living
spaces are pretty accurate reflections of how we
feel about life and ourselves.
Sometimes
dressing in a more brilliant or a softer color can
subtly change our mood from sad to happy.
Sometimes
imagining we are surrounded by a healing color, one
of our favorite colors perhaps, can help lift our
spirits.
Just as we
give a coloring book and crayons to a child, so can
we give ourselves a palette of beautiful colors with
which to paint ourselves.
The
great gifts are not got by analysis.
--
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lovers often
reflect on how they met and when they first realized
they were in love. They'll play back the tapes of
courtship as if they were analyzing instant replays
of a sports play.
Yes, it
was then when we first knew we were in love,
concludes one. The other disagrees: No, I still
didn't know you well enough and wasn't ready.
The bottom
line is they fell in love.
Whether it was
Tuesday or April or morning, what is most important
is that they did grow to love each other.
Not by
analysis did they learn this love, but by accepting
the gift of love they had for each other.
Analyzing
people, places, or things may be a great way to
reminisce, but we need to remember analysis isn't as
important as what we've received.
We
aren't given gifts for any reasons. We're given
gifts because that's what gifts are for.
I
could almost dislike the [person] who refuses to
plant walnut trees because they do not bear
fruit till
the second generation.
--
Sir Walter Scott
There
once was a man who wanted to give up his high-salary
job to start a Christmas tree farm. He told his
friends about his dream.
The
first thing they asked him is how much money would
he make. A lot, he said, once it gets started. How
long will that take? they wondered. Years, was his
reply.
First
I have to purchase the land, then prepare the soil,
then plant the seedlings, then tend them with care
until they mature. By the time I'm forty-five, he
concluded, I'll have my first Christmas trees to
sell.
None
of his friends could understand why he would want to
take a risk on such a long-term venture. But deep
down inside he knew this was his dream and this
would make him happy.
It
didn't matter how long it took for him to get what
he wanted. What was important was that he was
working on his dream.
Take
back the holly and mistletoe
Silver bells on string
If I wrote a letter to Santa Claus
I would ask for just one thing
I don't need sleigh rides in the snow
Don't want a Christmas that's blue
Take back the tinsel, stockings, and bows
'Cause all I want for Christmas is you
I don't need expensive things
They don't matter to me
All that I want, can't be found
Underneath the Christmas tree
You are the angel atop my tree
You are my dream come true
Santa can't bring me what I need
'Cause all I want for Christmas is you
I don't need expensive things
They don't matter to me
All that I want, can't be found
Underneath the Christmas tree
You are the angel atop my tree
You are my dream come true
(Dream come true)
Santa can't bring me what I need
'Cause all I want for Christmas is you
'Cause all I want for Christmas is you
'Cause all I want for Christmas is you
