Kwanzaa Saved My Heart

So, for those of you that know-i tend to get the Holiday Blues around Christmas/ New Years Time. 

Why?

a. We lie to children about Santa and think its cute to not tell them the truth: that mom and dad worked hard for your gifts

b. The preaching of “goodness” and “niceness” earning you material things when they should be self-gratifying and work earns you “things”

c. i’m disgusted when people who don’t know mess about the sacredness of love but work hard to give gifts out of a corner of their hearts they mistake for love

In comes Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa and learning about it for the first time this year makes me feel like there is a community of people who, like me, want to consecrate what is important. It is a cultural Holiday and for me sacred because the principles of Kwanzaa are reminiscent of the fruits of the spirit that I have been taught to demonstrate.

I look forward to exercising these principles all year. Thank you Kwanzaa for principle and love. Thank you Christ for not changing, despite the Holidays <3