hello dear family and friends,

i am writing to you comfortably seated on my bed in my upstairs room. i am leaning against a very cold wall (yeah, insulation has left for the winter..:)), and when i look out of the window to my left i can see snow falling. slowly, not rushed and unbelievably silent. today i am working my last day before christmas at the cornerstone. since last monday when i worked there i have been having this really intense cough which is still with me today. my voice kept leaving me every now and then during the last week. this weekend i had rehearsals saturday and sunday and therefore i had to talk my share bit. so by yesterday night my voice did these really funny things of shrieking every now and then which made my speech rather...well, interesting. i felt like a teenage boy trying to control the way my voice sounded but well, that made it even worse. so i decided to let my voice just do its thing - it is after all christmas - and simply went with it. i personally think that my voice (any voice really) sounds rather sexy when sick... except again the shrieking...:)

anyway, i realized on saturday that christmas is coming up. it is always the same with me. christmas has the tendency to just sneak up on me with a big 'bOOOOh' the day before... i mean since costa rica the actual day doesn't mean that much to me any more. i think christmas could be any day of the year. but i enjoy getting together with people, sharing food and just having a nice and lazy time with the people i love. while it is snowing outside and the world seemed to have stopped so there is nothing else really to do anyway.

i soon have to get dressed and walk downtown to start working so just want to send out my love to every one of you. i feel deeply blessed to have you all in my life. may you have a wonderful and magical time this season with your beloved once. may we all share the love with each other that connects us very deep and eternally.

namaste.

may peace fill your heart, your mind and your spirit.

may you feel loved and appreciated.

may you be surrounded by generous people and kindred souls

may you feel understood.

and may you shine your own special light

always.

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