Author Raymond Carver once asked, “And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth.”
This is a season of white lights that glimmer in the darkness, an invitation to believe in miracles as candles are lit, the giving and receiving of gifts, and assessing the past year while beginning to gaze towards the next.
It is also a time that invites us to pause and to ask ourselves Carver’s question and to reflect on his answer. Are we getting what we want from this life we are living? And is there a better aim than to shape a life around love?
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