Over the years I have shared many pictures on this blog of sunrises on Christmas morning... and I continue that tradition today. Pictured above is a beautiful sunrise here in the North Georgia mountains on an unseasonably warm Christmas morning ... a day full of family, love, memories and stories. This year, more than many in the past, Christmas is also filled with a heavy heart at the recent passing of my sister Alice... I shared her obituary in the previous essay that I posted.
Regardless of ( or maybe in some way fueled by) this loss, I am once again struck by the possibilities and "new beginnings" that come with each and every dawn. In a time where so may around the world, in our country, in our communities and maybe in our families are pessimistic on the state of the world, and society as a whole, we need to be reminded and strengthened that with each dawn... with each sunrise... we have the ability (and possibly the responsibility) to work together to make this day ahead a bit better that the yesterdays behind us.
I wish all the readers a very happy holiday season, and a Merry Christmas; my hope is that we can see the sunrises ahead as an encouragement to the work that is needed to help our world, our countries, communities and families to find a path forward filled with a bit more light, hope, peace and justice for all!
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