General Discussion & Chat: Best,worse,what did I learn today? Chat with friends, 1 by Thea1962

Thea1962 wrote:
To all my new friends, I am so glad to have you all in my life!!!

Here is a little Christmas Story that I translated from German into English...I hope you enjoy it.

The light of hope
~~Submitted by R. Stich-Rodler

Four candles were burning on the Advent wreath.
It was quiet. So quiet you could hear how the candles began to talk.

The first candle sighed and said:
“My name is peace. My light is burning, but people keep no peace, they do not want me.”
The light was getting smaller and finally extinguished.

The second candle flickered and said:
“My name is faith, but I am useless. People don`t want to know anything about God. It no longer makes sense that I burn.”
A breeze blew through the room and the candle was out.

Softly and sad the third candle started to speak:
“My name is love. I have no strength left to burn. People push me to the side. They only see themselves and not the others who they should love.”
And with a last flicker this light was extinguished too.

A child came into the room. It looked at the candles and said:
“But, you all should be burning, and not be extinguished!” And it almost started to cry.

Then fourth candle spoke up and she said:
"Do not be afraid! As long as I burn, we can light the other candles again. My name is Hope."

The child took a match and lit it on the candle and lit the other candles again.

I wish you all a Merry and Peaceful Christmas and for the New Year I wish you Peace, Faith, Love and Hope.
Stay healthy and have a wonderful celebration with your Family and God bless.

Love and many Hugs
Thea and Family

This is our Christmas Tree and my Advent Candles...wish we could all celebrate together.

This message was edited Dec 24, 2011 4:43 PM