This is Christmas Eve. In breathless anticipation we await the birth of a child. In breathless anticipation, we breathe into the possibility of hope, peace, love and joy for all the world to know and experience and be and feel.

We breathe.

One huge collective breath of humanity awakening to all that is possible when we let go of our differences and step fearlessly into the shared experience of this our human condition, alive and breathing on planet earth.

In silent awe, we take one huge collective inhale and draw in the magic of this moment unfolding. And, with one shared exhale we  open our hearts to the miracle of birth, the wonder of our lives, the magnificence of our being present in the world.

This is Christmas Eve. For some, it is Christmas already. For others, the sun has begun its ascent out of darkness into day. And for others, darkness still embraces the earth as we wait in breathless anticipation, the coming of the day.

We have journeyed far. We have traversed the distance, stepped timidly through the dark, leapt fearlessly across the night into day where we see, our eyes wide open, our arms flung wide apart, our spirits strong, that this, this place of holy expectation has given birth to all that is possible when we let go of fear and surrender joyfully to Love.

Our waiting is almost over. The moment draws near. The holy appears like a light of hope upon the horizon. Let us rejoice. Let us sing out Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

O Holy Night!

A Child is born, let us rejoice.

As you travel through your day, make room for the sacred. Make space for peace, hope, love and joy to consume you and devour you. Make time to pause, to stop the last minute preparations, to put down the ladle and the spoon, to let go of fear and anxiety and sadness and give space to the sacred. Sit with the ones you love and tell each of them, one by one as you look deeply into their eyes, “The gift I see in you, is….” and then share a gift of their essence in your life.

For me, the gift I see in you is your willingness to turn up here with me everyday and be present with me as we explore what it means to make a difference in our world.

We all make a difference. Together, our difference can change the world.

Namaste. Blessings to each of you. May this, the night before Christmas, be filled with peace, hope, love and joy.

The video below is a recording of O Holy Night from the Celtic Woman concert at Slane Castle in Ireland last year. You can hear and listen to the whole concert by clicking on this link:  http://youtu.be/Jga12Im8cvk

As you listen to their beautiful voices singing O Holy Night, let yourself rest, and fall back into that place where you soul knows the truth of why you were born here on earth. Your soul knows you are born to shine, to be a light of wonder, to be a brilliant spark of hope, peace, love and joy upon the earth, and breathe into the wonder of being you, in this moment, right now, magnificent, spectacular, divine, a miracle of life on earth.