A new day dawns each and every day...
Christmas Card Correspondence Continues into the New Year :)
"Desiderata" is an early 1920s prose poem by the American writer Max Ehrmann... distributed the poem in the form of a Christmas card in 1933... source
"First" by Lauren Daigle
"Good tidings of Great joy" ~ Luke 2:10
"Human beings are members of a whole,
since in their creation they are of one essence.
When the conditions of the time brings a member(limb) to pain,
the other members(limbs) will suffer from discomfort.
You, who are indifferent to the misery of others,
it might not be fitting that they should call you a human being." ~ Saadi (Persian poet from city of Shiraz)
Jubilant (feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph.) p. 93 The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth Berg
Kiddush, literally, "sanctification," is a blessing recited over wine or grape juice to sanctify the Shabbat and Jewish holidays. see page 18 of The Handmaid and the Carpenter
Laws of Leviticus... Living waters of the mikvah p. 115 The Handmaid and the Carpenter
New word for me: oneiromancer (a form of divination based upon dreams) p. 64 The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth Berg
Prophecy... Power but also a great gentleness" p. 127 Peace be with you." p. 130
"Quieter you become, the more you can hear." ~ Ram Dass
Ram Dass: spiritual teacher, psychologist, and author of Be Here Now,
Skirtao: leap for joy, and Elizabeth's baby (John) did when Mary entered, conceived with Jesus
"Trust in her and the love you share." Anne, Mary's mother p. 134 The Handmaid and the Carpenter
Ululating : howl or wail as an expression of strong emotion, typically grief. p. 102 The Handmaid and the Carpenter
Valerie Lorimer Contemporary Arts: 
"We're all just walking each other home." ~ Ram Dass
"Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us." ~ Hal Borland
Zora Neale Hurston:
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