Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.
Alan Watts

Going into the last several days before we begin our personal celebrations and our traditions of the Christmas seasons may be the perfect moment to re-focus on what this time is truly for and how we will participate in our events.

I love this Zen quote because it reminds me personally about the holiday and what I can focus in on to bring more joy into this day. We can all agree that Christmas is a focus on Christ and one who was sent to redeem us. We can also remember that being in the moment with our friends and family is a true practice of our personal spirituality

.Are we really grateful and joyful for this time and how we arrived here?

Do we exchange smiles and hugs and tell people we are truly glad to be together?

Do we listen to others, being so engaged with what they say that we ask more about their life stories?

I will encourage you to participate by doing the physical act of participating in Christmas. If this is hard for you personally, shoot a candid moment of someone and send it to them to show then you were listening to that moment in their life.

We as photographers and artists are given this magnificent gift of capturing beauty in little pockets of time. Maybe we can remember to share this gift more often, especially now. We see and record life as no one else will see it in a little parcel of time. Let's share it. Let's be in the moment.Let's remember Zen and Christmas, shall we?Merry Christmas and Namaste, my friends.

May the Spirit of Giving remain with you throughout this new year.

See you in 2012 for another Campfire Girl Note with a guest post!