Sleigh Bells Ring

   It's busy and squeezing this in to read, well, there's just no time at least not at this moment.  So here's a quick bit of cheer from our local animal shelter.  It's a reminder of so many out there just waiting for a home, waiting for a smile, waiting for shelter and perhaps a nice meal...and yet so full of hope.  There's so much good out there, so many of us filled with good cheer and ready to bring joy to others...you can see it and feel it, can't you?  Sure, the parking lots are full and the traffic is crazy, and the news is less than festive as tragedy makes more airplay than necessary.  There is good and there is bad out there, and it happens not only now but at all times of the year.  So it seems that especially now, a 3-minute video such as above can help cheer us up and show us the possibility...

   To all of you, of all faiths and all beliefs, thank you for taking the time and for making the effort to make right the world, to do good and bring smiles to others, to help others both human and animal & plant...to bring life and to live life.  And for taking a few precious minutes to bother with this blog...

   To all of you, a toast to you and to the spirit of joy so prevalent this time of year...may it continue well into the next year and the year after that!

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