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A Holiday Hallelujah Extravaganza

12/05/2021 by Aruni

A Holiday Hallelujah Extravaganza

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HALLELUJAH.

To be astonished.
To give praise.
To utter 
A 
Rejoicing
 Cry.

Right on!
Hurrah!
Zowie!

HALLELUJAH.

What blows your heart open?
What startles you awake?

What beauty?

What
Sensation?

What
Sound?

What
Reminds
You?

For me… 
It is
Sunrises, 
Pink
And
Alive
Shimmering
On
Snow.

For me…
It is
Determined
Chipmunks
With
Giant
Full-winter
Meals
In
Their
Stretched-wide-open
Mouths.

For me…
It
Absolutely
Is
That
Random
And
Perfect
Smiling dog.

So many blessings.

I have an idea.  
Let’s open our hearts,
Let’s open our eyes,
Let’s look for
The
Magical,

The
Everyday
Blessings

That 
Touch 
Us,

With Intentionality.

I, Aruni Nan Futuronsky, 
Invite You, 
Dear Reader,
to a 
Holiday Hallelujah Extravaganza.

Let’s open our eyes and our heart to
The spellbinding, 
The breathtaking, 
The grace-filled moments.

Let’s notice what is already there.
Let’s create the circumstances
In which
We notice.

Holiday Hallelujah Extravaganza—
Let It Begin.

With fluidly and with flexibility and compassion,
With no right/wrong,
Here are
Our 
Loving
Guidelines:

Between now and December 15,
Gather data with amusement
And
Love.

What blows your heart open?
What brings a Hallelujah
To your lips, 

Or
A thank you

Or
A
Wow?

  • What did you see?
  • What did it feel like?
  • What was your response?
  • By December 15, send info to me
  • Category # One—the most amount of Hallelujah per day
  • Category # Next—the most unique specific Hallelujah experience
  • Category # Final—the most effort invested in creating the circumstances in which a Hallelujah emerges
  • Winners in categories will receive one of my three books (your pick!), delivered on your doorstep, inscribed, and blessed.
  • Winners will be announced on the eve of Sunday, 12/19

We are of course all winners.

It’s a loving,
Everybody/wins/
Nobody/loses
Extravaganza
Practice.

Let’s 
Open our hearts 
to the season
Of
Light
and
Of 
Grace
And
Of
Hallelujah.

Email Me Here- thecoacharuni@gmail.com

~~~
Here is Annie Lamott, my personal hero, a magnificent writer who rides the line between hilarity and deep spirituality:

“Gorgeous, amazing things come into our lives when we are paying attention: mangoes, grandnieces, Bach, ponds. This happens more often when we have as little expectation as possible. If you say, “Well, that’s pretty much what I thought I’d see,” you are in trouble. At that point, you have to ask yourself why you are even here. […] Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just have to be open for business.”
― Anne Lamott, Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers

~~~

And of course, the children, the children.  P.S. 22 from Staten Island, the Children’s Choir, singing Leonard Cohen’s startling offering:

~~~
Dear Friends,
May we
Be healthy.
May we
Be happy.
May we
Ride the waves
Of our life.
May we live
In peace
No matter
What
We
Are
Given.
May
Our
Hearts
Be
One
With
All
Hearts.
Blessings,
Aruni
~~~
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