Celibate and Sane: It's Nearly Here - Are You Ready?

December 2, 2010

It's Nearly Here - Are You Ready?

Christmas is nearly here - are you ready?

For the past twenty-five years or so, I've had a little plastic Christmas tree about 30cm high that I have used as my Christmas tree. The great thing about it was that I could just toss it back into a plastic bag, decorations and all, and pull it out again the next year and just readjust the ornaments a little.

Last year I purchased a full sized fake tree. I figured JD might like a bigger tree, even if it doesn't even really look like a real tree. This one folds down neatly into a box and is considerably larger than my old one. So both JD and I are happy with the arrangement: he gets a bigger tree, and I like the convenience of just being able to pop it back into its box until next year. Sigh, but I will now have to find a place for all the decorations.

This Satruday JD, Ana and I are planning on decorating the tree. I didn't even need to purchase much in the way of decorations because at my last home, I had purchased a number of beatiful ornaments that I hung from the ceiling in my bedroom. Most were not Christmas decorations, but can certainly be used as decorations. Since I'm not using them anymore, and it took me several years to acquire them, I thought it sensible to make use of them.

Unfortunately, the cats will think the decorations are lots of fun to play with.

Crash! Tinkle! Tinkle! Gallop, gallop as the guilty party dashes away and hides.

Christmas Gifts
Photo by: Kelvin Kay

Christmas is almost upon us, which means I am going to have to find the time to write lots of Christmas letters and get my printer working again.

In addition, I am going to have to go through my box of gifts to ensure I haven't missed anyone for Christmas. Hopefully, I don't have to spend any more money!

Yes, I am one of those annoyingly smug people who buys their Christmas gifts throughout the year!

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Personal Quotes from Vicki-S

"Occasionally I find my breakfast a little bitter, and sometimes it's difficult to chew and swallow; though at other times it's sweet, but it’s very satisfying and always sustains me. My most important meal of the day, is feasting on God’s Word and drinking up His presence."

I love me, because God loves me. It's not that God doesn't see my flaws, they are like blazing torches in His eyes, but rather that He sees past my imperfections and still loves me. And who am I to argue with the perfect God that I am worthwhile, that I am worthy of love, and that He accepts me and wants me to be His child, His beloved daughter? When I understood this, I began to accept and embrace His version and His vision of me, and not the world's.

"The silent treatment and sulking are simply two other weapons in the arsenal of the manipulator."

"Often people use the metaphor of a butterfly emerging from its cocoon to describe how we can grow from difficult experiences, but what they don't mention is the fact that at first we start off as an ugly caterpillar."

"We so often just get caught up in trying to just get through each day, that we forget to pause and be thankful for the fresh one that is presented anew and untouched each morning."

"Contrary to what we might think, forgiveness isn't so much about healing our relationship with that other person, but about healing our own broken heart."

"The purpose of school reunions is to show off how much you've achieved in life, to laugh at the once popular kids who've aged more quickly than you; and to wince at the guy who was a bully in school and who aptly became a policeman."

"I've found in many organisations where volunteers are needed, including the modern-day church, that 80% of its people sit back and let everyone else do most of the work, then there's the 10% who actually make the place run, and the remaining 10% just like to whinge about the 10% doing the work, especially about how they could do it better."

"When traced back to its source, every sin, every despicable act, and every war was motivated by someone's selfishness."

"I do not want to think of man, for that would distract me from God. But if I focus on God, I cannot help but think of my fellow man, and each day God keeps the scales balanced so that I have enough within me to do both."

"Overcoming depression isn’t about changing ones attitude, or just ‘getting on’ with things, it’s like removing one’s personal black shroud one thread at a time, with ones teeth.”