Ever noticed that you never see an ugly Christmas tree?

Doesn’t happen, does it? Everywhere you look, whether the decorations are handmade or storebought, old or new, all one color scheme or a tremendous variety, it all looks right when it’s on a Christmas tree.

Now, there are particular ornaments that come to mind (usually my handmade efforts as a child qualify here) that could be classified as “not-so-nice-looking”. But even when you intersperse these among everything else, it all looks right.

I’m 23 years and change old now, and one of my favorite things to do still is look at a Christmas tree all lit up with all of the lamps and overhead lights turned off. There’s something perfect about it, as if in that one moment everything is just right with the world.

I’ve sometimes wondered why that is. I guess that you could just call it part of the mystery of the season. But I prefer to think that we’re more in the spirit to see the beauty in everything.

Translating that to the everyday, we need to see the “Christmas tree” in everything in our lives. It’s hard to do on a day-by-day basis. I know. But you’ll notice that there are people who can do it. You’ll also note that they tend to be very happy and content with their lives. There’s something to it.

I’m trying to live my life being content with it. I don’t always succeed, but when I do, I find that I can find the “Christmas tree” in things.