Hmmm, are the things you wish for this Christmas the kind that fit beneath a Christmas tree? The things I wish for don’t come in neatly wrapped packages with bows. I wish for a day when:
Travelers on a plane, heading for a rendezvous with loved ones, don’t have to worry that there may be a bomb underneath their seat.
We let bygones be bygones and not waste another day nursing old wounds.
The word “soldier” is obsolete and no one need spend Christmas Day in a foreign land on guard duty.
We rejoice in all that we have in common rather than take arms to declare our differences.
Cancer wards in hospitals are closed, not because there is not enough money, but because there is a cure.
We rediscover childish wonder and learn not to take ourselves so seriously.
Christmas care packages aren’t needed because everyone has enough and no one has too much.
Poverty is just a footnote in history books.
The only metaphors we need are for peace, love and harmony and we find them in abundance.
May the holidays bring joy for all and the dawning year be filled with miracles of wonder, grace and faith. May you have a Christmas like no other.
~ Michael Robert Dyet is the author of “Until the Deep Water Stills – An Internet-enhanced Novel” – double winner in the Reader Views Literary Awards 2009. Visit Michael’s website at www.mdyetmetaphor.com or the novel online companion at www.mdyetmetaphor.com/blog.
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