Focused moment created for Christmas morning at West Hill United, www.westhill.net, using the photographs of Morguefile.com user, mensatic, known in the real world as Emily Roesly, or Williamstown, New Jersy.

1. Morning breaks
and we find ourselves beneath an open sky
made opalescent by the light
of a dim and distant sun.

2. Slanting over the faint horizon,
it illuminates plans, promise, possibilities

3. and we invest our hearts
in the creation of a peace-filled day of beauty.

4. Would that
all the world were
turned toward such purpose!

5. Would that, hand in hand,
Earth’s diverse people
—spiraled ‘round the globe—
would ring it
with the
special gifts
this season brings!

6. Hope!
Peace!
Joy!
Love!

7. Within our own hearts
lie the keys to making this dream come true

8. and so we steady ourselves
in one another’s love
and commit to creating beauty
wherever we find ourselves.

9. Make we make this so,
not only on such a day as this,
but on every day of our lives.
So may it be.

11. All photographs in this presentation are the
work of Morguefile.com user Mensatic,
Emily Roesly, of Williamstown, New Jersey.