Too much Xmas

Too much Xmas,
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Cameron put on his new, warm winter coat and began to 'ruminate' on the new dart game he received for Christmas. As it turned out, he was a little under the weather. But, a good time was had by all.

I get these 'read and pass on' emails too many times from too many friends. But the notion of allowing love to pervade your home was too compelling not to share in some way. Enjoy and God Bless.

Decisions We Make

A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said 'I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat.'

'Is the man of the house home?', they asked.

'No', she replied. 'He's out.'

'Then we cannot come in', they replied.

In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened.

'Go tell them I am home and invite them in!'

The woman went out and invited the men in'

'We do not go into a House together,' they replied. 'Why is that?' she asked.

One of the old men explained: 'His name is Wealth,' he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, 'He is Success, and I am Love.' Then he added, 'Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home.'

The woman went in and told her husband what was said. her husband was overjoyed. 'How nice!!', he said. 'Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!'

His wife disagreed. 'My dear, why don't we invite success?'

Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own Suggestion: 'Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!'

'Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice,' said the husband to his wife.

'Go out and invite Love to be our guest.'

The woman went out and asked the 3 old men, 'Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.'

Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other 2 also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: 'I only invited Love, why are you coming in?'

The old men replied together: 'If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would've stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!!!!!!'

MY WISH FOR YOU...

• Where there is pain, I wish you peace and mercy.
• Where there is self-doubting, I wish you a renewed confidence in your ability to work through it.
• Where there is tiredness, or exhaustion, I wish you understanding, patience, and renewed strength.
• Where there is fear, I wish you love, and courage.

Heading to NYC for the holiday

My family and I are headed up to New York to take in the sights and sounds of the city between Christmas and New Year's. I hope to catch up with my friend and jazz mentor, Lewis Fleetwood 'Flip' Barnes, noted trumpet player and all around 'cool cat'.

Hoping to be more consistent and diligent about blogging in 2008.

Peace and Blessings,

Howard