And then you return to your own home...the holiday festivities have drawn to a close, the leftovers have already been exhausted, and you have to return to "reality." Your adult self comes back into focus. The bills have been arriving in the post, the animals need collecting from the kennel, the employer is expecting you on Monday.
Yup...reality.
The day of a return to reality is the loneliest and quietest and most "blue" days. It's a day when all you desire is to wrap up in a blanket, hold firmly to the relaxation and pampering (self-given or offered by family and friends) that you've experienced during your holiday, and hide from what you "know" is awaiting you in the morning. Not really a wise idea, but it's comforting.
But tomorrow always arrives. The employer always expects you, the bills (and junk mail) always turn up, and the animals need taking care of. And, you always have a holiday to look toward for another respite.
If all we look for, though, are the "calendar" holidays, our lives sink into despondency. On the Path I'm traveling, there are "mini" holidays from the world that incorporate the world and embrace it. All you have to do is make time--not an easy thing--to hold tight to the offered moments (what my hub' and I call "stolen moments" for a myriad of reasons) and utilize them. Embrace the five or ten minutes or the half hour when the animals (or children) are resting...and clear your mind to everything but the moment. Just "be."
If more people "got that" and held fast to the moments, it would be a much calmer, friendlier, more secure world. We'd be grounded...less apt to take things at face value only. We'd not stress so much...not worry so much...not judge so much. We'd be humane humans once again. The second half of a homecoming would be just as embraced as the first half, for we'd be less dependent on others to make our peacefulness and warmth FOR us--it would be a seamless whole.
So, welcome home, y'all.
In the softness of the forthcoming moonlight......welcome Home.
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