{"id":3711,"date":"2016-12-03T09:28:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T14:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/?p=3711"},"modified":"2016-12-03T09:28:53","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T14:28:53","slug":"december-month-warmth-sincerity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2016\/12\/december-month-warmth-sincerity.html","title":{"rendered":"December is a month for warmth and sincerity"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the first of a series of blogs on warmth and sincerity:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s talk about warmth and sincerity. Where<\/strong> they come from and how<\/strong> they bring us along to where they are going.<\/p>\n

I believe warmth and sincerity come from<\/strong> a unified force. And they have an unstoppable momentum that brings us to its greater self-expansion. They bring us along, because<\/strong> they are inescapable.<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t escape warmth and sincerity.<\/p>\n

Yes, I will admit, as soon as I walk out that door back there, all my surreal c onvictions here will appear contradicted<\/strong>. The holiday frenzies and dreadful circumstances will contradict my fancy inner thoughts.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019ve learned, whereas I can\u2019t<\/strong> escape warmth and sincerity, I can<\/strong> escape their contradictions.<\/p>\n

The first memorable contradiction I escaped, was that warmth and sincerity come from things or stuff.<\/p>\n

When I was probably in the fourth grade. It was Christmas time and I was excited. The whole family was. Mom and Dad had built an addition onto our house and its size went from puny to not<\/strong> so puny.<\/p>\n

Instead of us five kids sharing a bedroom, we now had a boy\u2019s room and a girl\u2019s room. The middle sister and I each had our own bed.<\/p>\n

Near the Christmas tree, my sister and I unwrapped identical looking gifts<\/a>. We unwrapped bedspreads.<\/p>\n

Now, try to picture this: 2 bright, deep purple bedspreads with long shag textile.<\/p>\n

I know. It\u2019s hard to picture. I bet you never heard of such a thing, because I\u2019ve never seen shag bedspreads on the market since 1970. These bedspreads were crazy. Shag this long. Longer than the 1970s shag carpet on our floors, but the exact same idea.<\/p>\n

All we could think to say, was, \u201cThanks Mom and Dad.\u201d<\/p>\n

But I could see that stuff didn\u2019t give, or take away, warmth and sincerity. I could feel a presence<\/strong> of warmth and sincerity. I grew up in a good family and was a happy child.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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