Allow me to say that I love Christmas. I have always loved this holiday (holy day?). Very recently it has taken on more religious and liturgical significance, but I have loved this Season for as long as I can remember. I'm not going to effuse at length about the love and unity that makes this time of year uniquely wonderful, but I enjoy those things immensely.
The past year has been interesting for me in very many ways: In December of 2007 I tested for my solid red belt. I was at best a border-line Christian, forever questioning the tenets of my Faith which seemed to rely on the shutting down of my intellect in order for them to remain true for me. I was working a job that I loathed. I had a distinct lack of someone to share these sacred days with (no offense Thomas).
One year later and I'm graduating into the final elemental expression of our taijutsu principles before Black Belt. I have found the Church. Spiritually, I've come home; where the marriage of spirit and intellect is not only helpful, it is required for true understanding of Scripture and Tradition. I'm a professional martial arts teacher and enrollment specialist at the one place in town that delivers on it's promise to unleash the potential of the individual. Best of all, Vic is here to share in these mysteries and she's in it to win it.
I suppose that this time of year is generally a time of reflection, and it appears that that is so for me, as well. Nice to look back with some perspective and see sustained growth in my reality and my perception of it.
Merry Christ's Mass!
It is indeed all true. Congratulations on coming home in so many ways. From this foundational rock of stability and initial accomplishment, may we all build an ever-swelling tide of prosperity, so that we can share our strength of spirit and intellect unceasingly.
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