Be as a tree for this Christmas.
Be as a tree on which are hung many lights
and around which many joyous friends dance.
Give the gift of lights to all sentient beings
and thank those who receive from you.

For their gift to you is your giving to them.
When the gift is given
Let your memory of it be erased forever
And then you will carry no expectation of the gift
And you give again and again
Freeing yourself of your material burdens.

May such remembrance of giving
be with you every day of the year,
every day of your life.

Editor’s Note

This message is from the Revelries in Sanctity, page 24.