Not much of an X-mas card™ - edition 2023

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Hi,

It’s… been a year. Again.

I’ve been thinking about this email, and what should it contain, and what should I send wishes for out into the universe for the better part of the last 3 months. And most of the time, I came empty handed.

I don’t know what to ask for, except for peace. I don’t know where to send my prayers to, except to anyone that would listen. And I don’t know how to keep on hoping for the better, and believing in the better nature of humanity, considering the state of the world right now. And yet, I do.

And what I’m trying to do with this email; what I have always tried and will continue to try, is to bring some hope for the future, to be a small island of calm in the storm that surrounds us daily, and if possible, if achievable, if at all obtainable! to provide a place for your soul to rest and recharge your batteries for what’s inevitably ahead of you.

I don’t know what’s the past year been for you, and I’d love to read it you if you are willing to share. For myself, I know that mine was defined by making choices and new beginnings.

I would like to believe that this email finds you in good health and in good time; that you will find something in it that will help you in the future. If not, I hug you and wish you strength for what lies ahead.

I wish you well. Be well, whatever that means to you – whether it’s the right food, the right medicines, or just the right people around you. Be well.

I wish you to have the opportunity to pass the good forward – whether with a kind word, a gesture or a donation. And let the ripple caused by this, become a tsunami in the distance.

I wish you the feeling of being in the right place at the right time. And the ease it brings. May the universe bear witness to all your heartfelt wishes coming true.

I wish you inspiration. And the opportunity to create. I wish you time, and strength, and scope. I wish you to always find time in your day for the small miracles in life – to notice them, and for them to inspire you.

I wish you frivolity and ease. For anything that’s behind you, for everything that’s still ahead of you, and for all that’s in the awkward stages of “I’m working on it”.

I wish you the weightlessness of the feeling of the first day of spring, when the ground starts to thaw, the skies are vibrant blue and the sun is high in the sky, and for the first time in a while you believe that you can do anything, that the winter is gone, that nothing is truly impossible if you only put your mind to it.

I wish you sweetness. And the return of forgotten sensations. I wish you the opportunity to give your inner child the things you both need.

I wish for peace in Palestine. I wish you the same.

And above all, I wish you gentleness. Give yourself the same care that you’d give to those closest to you.

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With wishes for more kindness,

Adi / Zmeyche

Oslo, 25/12/2023

The previous iteration you can find here: 2022, 2021, 2020 - in isolation, 2019, 2018.