“ Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place. ” ― Rumi
Twas the fright before Christmas, And all through the town, Not a soul stirred, No one dared make a sound… Welcome to Deathlehem, where… … Krampus, not Santa, brings the holiday cheer… … the lights on the tree, so festive and bright, skitter and