Thurs. Feb. 3, 2022

Be More Merry

Donlyn Ray

Every year right after Thanksgiving, I wait for this Christmas card. Every year, I open the card and burst out laughing! Not a little laugh; a giant out - loud - laugh that has me returning to the card on a daily basis. The messages over the years….Be Joyful, Be Thoughtful, Be Thankful, Be Hopeful along with the riotous antics of the kids always, always make me smile, think, take notice.

Be More Merry!!!….. that message was like Cupid’s arrow….straight to my heart! The card even offers a tutorial on how to Be More Merry!!! ….just take a look at those kids on the back of the card. They know how to Be More Merry!!!

I am not sure I can match that unconstrained level of Be More Merry!!!, but I am trying in my daily life to be lighter, less worried, less over - thinking, more spontaneous, lazier, funner, happier!

Thanks to Rob and the St. John’s community for inviting me to share this treasure of a thought. Be More Merry!!!