Comments on: Christmas Tree http://www.petertan.com/blog/2003/12/25/christmas-tree/ Living One Day At A Time Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:51:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: T.K. Kang http://www.petertan.com/blog/2003/12/25/christmas-tree/#comment-188 T.K. Kang Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2003/12/25/christmas-tree/#comment-188 A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Would like to share with you a message that I received from the author of the poem below: A Message for the Festive Season (2003) May this festive season Find you healthy In body, mind, and spirit: Vigorous like a horse, Tranquil like water, Spirited like a dragon. Undergo a metamorphosis, And be transformed into a new person. Learn to appreciate the people around you, Including those you love to hate. Pause to absorb the beauty of your surroundings, And find your perceptions keener than ever. Let go and rid yourself of fixation, And thus liberate yourself from yourself. Forget yourself, be vacuous, And act with total spontaneity. Fear death no more, And simply delight in living. Feel at home in the world, For you are no longer a stranger in it. A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Would like to share with you a message that I received from the author of the poem below:

A Message for the Festive Season (2003)

May this festive season
Find you healthy
In body, mind, and spirit:
Vigorous like a horse,
Tranquil like water,
Spirited like a dragon.

Undergo a metamorphosis,
And be transformed into a new person.
Learn to appreciate the people around you,
Including those you love to hate.
Pause to absorb the beauty of your surroundings,

And find your perceptions keener than ever.
Let go and rid yourself of fixation,
And thus liberate yourself from yourself.
Forget yourself, be vacuous,
And act with total spontaneity.

Fear death no more,
And simply delight in living.
Feel at home in the world,
For you are no longer a stranger in it.

]]> By: petertan http://www.petertan.com/blog/2003/12/25/christmas-tree/#comment-189 petertan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2003/12/25/christmas-tree/#comment-189 Thank you for sharing that beautiful poem. Here's wishing you a very Merry Christmas, too. Thank you for sharing that beautiful poem. Here’s wishing you a very Merry Christmas, too.

]]> By: Natasha http://www.petertan.com/blog/2003/12/25/christmas-tree/#comment-190 Natasha Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2003/12/25/christmas-tree/#comment-190 merry christmas peter :D merry christmas peter :D

]]> By: petertan http://www.petertan.com/blog/2003/12/25/christmas-tree/#comment-191 petertan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2003/12/25/christmas-tree/#comment-191 ...and a Merry Christmas to you, too, Natasha. …and a Merry Christmas to you, too, Natasha.

]]> By: Pauline http://www.petertan.com/blog/2003/12/25/christmas-tree/#comment-192 Pauline Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2003/12/25/christmas-tree/#comment-192 Merry Christmas to you Peter and all ur loved ones....may 2004 bring u all that's beautiful, and MUCH MUCH more Merry Christmas to you Peter and all ur loved ones….may 2004 bring u all that’s beautiful, and MUCH MUCH more

]]> By: petertan http://www.petertan.com/blog/2003/12/25/christmas-tree/#comment-193 petertan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2003/12/25/christmas-tree/#comment-193 Merry Christmas to you Pauline. May your days be filled with happiness and joy always. Merry Christmas to you Pauline. May your days be filled with happiness and joy always.

]]> By: Cindy http://www.petertan.com/blog/2003/12/25/christmas-tree/#comment-194 Cindy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2003/12/25/christmas-tree/#comment-194 The Christmas tree is beautiful! Merry Christmas to you! Oh by the way, I found this website through The Star newspaper. =) The Christmas tree is beautiful! Merry Christmas to you! Oh by the way, I found this website through The Star newspaper. =)

]]> By: carol http://www.petertan.com/blog/2003/12/25/christmas-tree/#comment-195 carol Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2003/12/25/christmas-tree/#comment-195 Hi Peter, What a beautiful tree that was! And am really glad you had a good Christmas with loved ones. Those of us who can celebrate a festival in peace, in a home, with family have a lot more than many others in the world today. I'm sure you agree. Would have been nice to see a pix of all of you with the tree. Hi Peter,

What a beautiful tree that was! And am really glad you had a good Christmas with loved ones. Those of us who can celebrate a festival in peace, in a home, with family have a lot more than many others in the world today. I’m sure you agree. Would have been nice to see a pix of all of you with the tree.

]]> By: petertan http://www.petertan.com/blog/2003/12/25/christmas-tree/#comment-196 petertan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/archives/2003/12/25/christmas-tree/#comment-196 Unfortunately, we did not have a photo taken with the tree. Yes, it really would have been nice and memorable. Christmas was great despite the circumstances. Happy New Year Carol. Unfortunately, we did not have a photo taken with the tree. Yes, it really would have been nice and memorable. Christmas was great despite the circumstances. Happy New Year Carol.

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