Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Celebration is a forgetting in order to remember. A forgetting of ego, of problems, of difficulties. A letting go. — Matthew Fox
Whether we celebrate a holiday today or not, we can practice setting our troubles aside and finding fellowship with others. A holiday presents us with an opportunity to practice the letting go of this program. This is a special day to set aside our work and our routines, to put our problems and burdens on the shelf. Let us join and celebrate with others who are also letting go on this day. Maybe we can learn from them how they do it.
We may have been too compulsive on past holidays to celebrate. Or perhaps our holidays are clouded with painful memories. We might miss loved ones, or we may recall disappointments or the chaos of earlier holidays. There is no need for perfection in our celebration. We can have some tension, or pain, and yet set it aside as we join with others for a special day.
Today, I will set my ego aside and let go of the usual things in my life in order to reach out to others and participate in celebration.
Hazelden Foundation
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