Does it matter if you have rings when you don’t know how to shine?

 On the “Fifth” Day of Christmas

Well.. after a tree and a makeshift flock of birds your true love finally delivers!  Not  one —not two—not three—no…five count ‘em…gold rings!  Well that’s sweet and shows  some level of commitment  however  this true love might have gone for less gold and a shop vac given there’s more birds coming.  Then again this was all started. In the late 1700’s so… formula 4 not 409 may have been as useful.  

Enough about the birds and their deposits… let’s talk rings… and seeking peace and joy.  

Let’s take a conventional view of what rings symbolize—unity and commitment.  Well in seeking peace and joy there is often  a need to consider unity.  This unity is not  necessarily  with a political philosophy or a religion.  Unity. Might be where what you believe is connected to what you do and that creates a low disturbance  mentality—peace?  This unity might be with a single person or a small group of friends where all or almost all your thoughts and feelings seem connected and appreciated.  Note… they don’t have to be the same… the rings. Can be linked without  being welded together.  

Then there is the “gold” property of the rings.  So you are getting or giving. Something of value to another which can be a joyful experience.  Now let’s pause a second and ask a question.  How do you. Tell a gold ring from a steel one in the dark?  The answer …. You can’t  so maybe the joy  you could get from the gold ring depends upon the light that can be shined upon it from an outside source….so if you want  your rings to shine or you want the rings you offer others to shine you might  imagine that joy comes from trying to produce a positive energy source capable of reaching others or at the very least reflecting  the glow of another.  In short choose to be the candle or the mirror if you want to see the gold and feel the joy in this (or most) gifts.  

In the next entry we’re going to feature two more sets of birds so that we don’t fly by the  holiday before  we hit the delightful dozen plateau.  There are some other Christmas mysteries  to be addressed as well… like what  all goes in Christmas pie besides. A plumb  and do you have to eat them sitting in a corner or  can you plop down on the couch while you’re binge watching that kid whine about getting  a BB gun?  

Oh well for today  remember that unity comes in a lot of forms and a ring is a good symbol for that.  Also in order to know something  is golden you often have to have someone else’s light shining on it or you have. To bring your own light  to the party and shine.  

With that… shine on  till tomorrow.