Merry Christmas to all!

This is a picture of our Nativity scene that I originally purchased from Avon when I

was a rep several years ago.I don't have all the pieces that were in the 

collection at the time and, in hindsight, wish I did.

I came across this poem and thought I would

share it with you.  It was written by 

Wilfred A. Peterson.

SLOW ME DOWN LORD
Slow me down, Lord!

Ease the pounding of my heart

By the quieting of my mind.

Steady my harried pace

With a vision of the eternal reach of time.

Give me,

Amidst the confusions of my day,

The calmness of the everlasting hills.

Break the tensions of my nerves

With the soothing music of the sighing streams

That live in my memory.

Help me to know

The magical restoring power of sleep.

Teach me the art 

Of taking minute vacations of slowing down to look at a flower;
To chat with an old friend or to make a new one;

To pat a stray dog;

To watch a spider build a web;

To smile at a child;

Or to read a few lines from a good book.

Remind me each day

That the race is not always to the swift;

That there is more to life than increasing its speed.

Let me look upward

Into the branches of the towering oak

And know that it grew slowly and well.

Slow me down, Lord,

And inspire me to send my roots deep

Into the soil of life's enduring values

That I may grow toward the stars

Of my greater destiny.

May your Christmas be safe, healthy and above all happy.  From our house, to yours and to those you love, a very blessed Christmas.