During the Martin Luther King remembrance last year, Byron Katie wrote this. It touched me deeply and it’s worth reading again.

Wow! Popcorn has been enjoyed by cultures throughout the world for more than 6,000 years. Wherever corn grew, popcorn was eaten too. I've been imagining how it was first discovered.  I picture people of early civilizations gathered around an evening campfire. Perhaps a dry husk of corn was too close to the heat and began its explosive transformation. Can you see the rapid scattering of people as they react to the popping blasts of noise?

Are you considering making a New Year’s resolution for 2018? Here’s a recommendation from Mahatma Gandhi.

Personally I don’t care if we’re naughty or nice. I do care if we’re loving and open to love. That’s the true message of this holiday — a reminder for us to embrace the humanity in one another.  As we convey our greetings of the season, let’s reach out with love.

It’s the holiday time of year when stories of miracles abound in every tradition. What if the wish we’ve been cherishing, the change we’ve been inviting is coming true right now? What if the next miracle is ours?