Expectations

I'm dreaming of a Christmas that will be what it is

The temperature is dropping today into the single digits.  We may get some snow which will make this a thinly white Christmas.

I'm not sure why it matters to me if it is a white Christmas.  The first Christmas likely did not have snow in Bethlehem.  Maybe we're trying to fill up the emptiness of winter with all our holiday bustle.  Maybe it's time to drop all the expectations and worries about others' expectations and just relax.   

“Tension is who you think you should be.  Relaxation is who you are.” - Chinese proverb

Granted, my experiment with making a vegan Christmas feast won't complete itself.  I'll still need to mash the potatoes and cook the Tofurkey roast.  At the same time...


“Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.” - Alan Watts

So I'll mash the potatoes and cook the roast and then my wife and I will eat them all up and Christmas will be.

“A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.” - Aesop

Speaking of things that won't happen by themselves, it's time to fill the finch feeder out back.