Hello, my dear friends of life in my heavenly Turkey, whose health is precious, whose hearts are kind, whose souls are beautiful, and who are full of awareness.
First of all, we want to express that we share the feelings of many families who are spending this holiday with loss and heartache, and we feel the pain in the hearts of many who are far from their loved ones and homes. Perhaps the most beautiful aspect of holidays should be to open new pages in our lives, to refresh our perception of human and family relationships, and even to renew our consciousness. As a society, do we possess this awareness? Or are we caught up in the rush of exchanging holiday greetings, either in the effort of socializing or in a competition for a vacation?
Selfies filled with love bugs are now the new tradition of our holidays. Looking back, the concept of holidays and exchanging greetings, as taught to us in childhood, embodied the purest intentions, including “being true to oneself” and many other values. Reconciliation between those who are estranged, kissing the hands of elders, respect for people and society, and love. We did exactly that. But only within our social circle and with the acquaintances within that circle.
In short, to friends and family. We didn’t even consider celebrating the holiday with those deep wells and dark voids we harbor within ourselves. For example, we didn’t celebrate with the people who fill those voids – the ones we talked about behind their backs but greeted to their faces, the ones we hurt, the ones we pushed away, the ones we said “yes” to for personal gain, the ones we cursed at in traffic – and with our true feelings. Why? Because most of us were pure, innocent, loving people. Actually, we still are. What do you think? I’m sure no one would admit to that. But we’ll celebrate the holiday with laughter and joy. Remember; lots of selfies.
WEEKLY AWARENESS NOTE
Perhaps the sweetest part of holidays, overflowing with “pure intentions,” is our children. In that colorful age where people are “being themselves,” many learned behaviors haven’t yet found their place in holidays and life, I think. So how fortunate we are. Happy holidays.
Uğur uğural
