"Waiting is an art that our impatient age has forgotten. It wants to break open the ripe fruit when it has hardly finished planting the shoot."
-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Theologian
Advent has begun. Advent- the season of waiting for the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event- in this case remembering Christ coming as a baby to set into motion the salvation of mankind. I love this waiting time. I love this waiting time more than Christmas itself- true and honest.
I have always been a very slow starter and pretty oblivious to say the least. This year as I look around it is harder and harder to see the waiting part. Almost immediately after Thanksgiving I saw at least 10 Christmas trees posted on my Facebook feed and a handful of Christmasy things being done. I am not upset or concerned, but I am curious and a little surprised. I feel inadequate because I like the waiting part and the slowness of putting out a couple things at a time not the immediate rush to decorate all things Christmas. I begin by setting out the Advent candles and putting a few extra candles in my kitchen window sill. Next week I will be lucky enough if my house stays clean to put out the mugs and kitschy decor. The week after that will come the tree. The week after that maybe a few things like baking and going to see the lights. I guess I just do Christmas slowly and I don't want to feel bad about that.
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