Spirit of Christmas

Christmas can be a time for reflection.

Val Smetheram, British born, is a naturalized Australian living in Queensland, Australia, Passionate about the environment, justice, and all growing things, site is an amateur writer and poet with over a hundred pieces published. She has been a minister's wife for over 18 years.

Christmas can be a time for reflection

When lonely people reach for a connection

To the spirit of Christmas ... a sense of the divine

When a life can be changed ...Yes, even mine!

If we can ignore all the things we don't need

All that commercialism and terrible greed ...

The horrors we hear on the news every day

Clear your mind of that stuff ... just throw it away!

Let's all ask ourselves this season ... each one

What can I do to improve the life of someone?

Let's all hold on to ancient truth we can savor

And plumb the depths of the meaning of this . . .

Love your Neighbor.

Val Smetheram, British born, is a naturalized Australian living in Queensland, Australia, Passionate about the environment, justice, and all growing things, site is an amateur writer and poet with over a hundred pieces published. She has been a minister's wife for over 18 years.