Christmas is here!

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

Mother Teresa

Caught a short CNA report about how young people in HK become depressed and lonely during 'holidays' like Christmas. Somehow, there is this great need to have a special date with a special person for Christmas.

I bristle at the reference to Christmas as a 'holiday'. And I really do not like how romaticised Christmas has become by people who do not understand what Christmas is really about.

Have been ruminating quite a bit on various things and one of the themes was the 'first Christmas'. Talk about being lonely. It must have been lonely thinking about the appearance of the angel and being told, out of the blue, that you will bear a child. And it sure must have been lonely to know that you have to be responsible for your future wife and child when you don't fully understand what is going on.

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Yet, Mary and Joseph 'kwai-kwai' just listened to the word of God and obeyed. ' Be it done unto me according to Thy Word.' Wordless Joseph must surely have had the same thoughts. Again and again.

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I hope all lonely people find comfort and peace, hopefully through the un-lonely people who have the love in their hearts to find and embrace these lonely people.

Peace to all.

(rumination = the act or process of chewing cud. ha.)

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