Are you worrying about the little duties of life? Are you grumbling about them? Are you dwelling upon the little duties, which you have to do mostly every day – every day? Like the dishes for example? The list of the little duties is in fact endless.
I am still thinking about the little duties. Otherwise I would not write about them just now. In the past I have been thinking quite a lot about the little duties
I have even talked about them – to a person I am very close to. And here is the answer I received, “I am not thinking about those things, I just do them.” No hint of worrying or grumbling in that answer.
And now I was really surprised, when I read the following in a very old book only a couple of days ago:  “Life is full of little duties. Worrying about them, grumbling about them, dwelling upon them makes the duties shackles which bind us, but just doing the duties makes them wings.” – Anonymous
The compiler of the old book is H. L. Gee and the book was first published in August 1945 and the title is: “Good in everything.” A very old book indeed.
I remember the answer I received: “I AM NOT THINKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS, I JUST DO THEM.”
Guess, who gave that answer!

I saw this written on a refrigerator:

“Peace on earth will come to stay,

when we live Christmas every day.”

Helen Steiner Rice

Luke 2:14

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”

A Rest Home and hospital advertises like this: “TAKING CARE OF THE LIVES IN OUR HANDS.”  In a health magazine it even says,”Your life is in your hands.”

I am so glad that my life is in the hands of my Father in Heaven.

Yesterday I picked up an interesting pharmacy mailer.

On the front page it says, “Christmas to me …. is a walk on the beach and feeling the sand squeeze between my toes.” On another page we read, “Christmas to me … is being busy doing nothing.” I like this one, “Christmas to me………is being a million miles away from the office.” Are you away from the office? There are actually 13 “Christmas to me…..” listed in the mailer. I have counted them. Let me close with the last one: “Christmas to me … is indulging in food, glorious food.”

What is now CHRISTMAS to ME?

Let me tell you.

Christmas to me is:

— PEACE,

— SALVATION and

— LIGHT!

Luke 2:29-32

“LET NOT OUR HEARTS BE BUSY INNS

THAT  HAVE NO ROOM  FOR THEE,

BUT CRADLES FOR THE LIVING CHRIST

AND HIS NATIVITY.”

“Without the birth of the child in the manger we would live a faith submerged in sin and devoid of hope.”

He aha te mea nui o te ao?

He tangata! He tangata! He tangata!

Translated:

What is the most important thing in the world?

It is people! It is people! It is people!

John 3:16