{"id":109306,"date":"2013-12-22T12:40:10","date_gmt":"2013-12-22T16:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=109306"},"modified":"2013-12-22T19:11:15","modified_gmt":"2013-12-22T23:11:15","slug":"stay-well-sparkle-night-divine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/columns\/stay-well-sparkle\/stay-well-sparkle-night-divine\/","title":{"rendered":"STAY WELL &#038; SPARKLE &#8211; Night Divine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_96466\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96466\" style=\"width: 207px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-96466\" alt=\"Dr. Sam Christian, MD.\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/samchristian-207x300.jpg\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Sam Christian, MD.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We grew up in Lautbor among other places, in the area where Hayden\u2019s Supermarket is located today. One Christmas, our father returned from a Fire Service training course in our big sister island of Trinidad. We clung to every word about his adventures, all the new and interesting things he encountered. For instance, we learned that people in Port of Spain preferred their peanuts and corn boiled. They also had professional mourners at some funerals \u2013 people paid to cry for the deceased. Strange! Actually, those stories we heard about later. Even as we did all that hugging, what we really wanted to know was what he brought for us in those big bags!<\/p>\n<p>My brothers and sisters may remember other toys. The one I can never forget was that pinkish-orange bouncy ball. It was somewhat bigger than a breadfruit with whitish swirl designs. It was an instant hit. We kids ignored everything else and started tossing it around the living room. Ma\u2019 was bawling to restore order in the house lest we broke something. I wish we had. After a spanking, we\u2019d get back to playing with it again in the right place and at the right time. Instead, literally seconds after delivery, the beloved ball flew out of the window. It was stormy and grey outside. Goodwill Road gutters were muddy and swollen. We burst open the front door just in time to catch a glimpse of brightly coloured ball disappearing under the dark culvert &#8211; never ever to be seen again\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Nostalgia is good, but not too much. Sometimes we are guilty of obsessing with looking back. Instead of the good old days, we ought to be living in the moment, creating new fond memories especially for the little ones ourselves as well.<\/p>\n<p>What kind of responses you get when you greet others such as \u201cSo how\u2019s the holidays?\u201d or \u201cWhat\u2019s your Christmas looking like?\u201d Too often we hear things like, \u201cOh, times are tight.\u201d \u201cNo money.\u201d \u201cChristmas nowadays is just not like before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everything is relative. We could be living in Syria or South Sudan, North Korea or Kazakhstan. As a matter of fact <a href=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/business\/dominica-among-wealthy-caribbean-nations-world-bank\/\">Dominica was just categorized one of the wealthier countries in the Caribbean.<\/a>\u00a0True, the distribution of that wealth is an issue, because I suspect you and I may not be the ones with a lot of it. Yet, the same people who find that report controversial would not doubt for a second if the World Bank instead declared Dominica to be one of the poorest. So we give thanks for small mercies. Bigger ones will come.<\/p>\n<p>Children may not appreciate how difficult things may be for the family right now. They will however, wonder why they cannot have what the other kids have. Yet the simplest of gifts can make a lasting impact if presented with love, gratitude and the right amount of mystery. It\u2019s not so much what you give, but how you give. No doubt, we\u2019ve all had the experience of spending considerable time and money on a gift only to find that someone else\u2019s more expensive or less thoughtful gift completely seized the child\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n<p>One little girl\u2019s father was soldier and away for Christmas. He had absolutely nothing to give except for his time and thoughtfulness. He had fashioned and empty gift box and lovingly wrote her name on it. \u201cFrom Daddy, with lots of love.\u201d He promised that one day Santa would bring her that something special she wanted. But for now, all he could give was a note on which he wrote, \u201cDaddy\u2019s kisses.\u201d When her mother later broke the news that her father would never come home again, her most cherished remembrance of him was his \u2018empty\u2019 box of kisses\u2026kisses that would never fade.<\/p>\n<p>But the true Christmas is not just invisible; it\u2019s deeper. We must be mindful that other customs across the wide spectrum of the human family also celebrate special feasts. There is generally a certain mystical component along with similar scheduled excitement. They use special music and decorations and cards and gifts and traditional meals and treats. For Chinese, it\u2019s their special New Year; for Muslims, Eid; Jews, Hanukkah and Hindus, Diwali, the festival of lights, just to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>So what is it about Christmas? From an intellectual standpoint, one could easily dismiss the nativity story. After all, a recent study found that <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/unc-scientists-find-45-virgin-births-national-survey\/story?id=21262729\">1% of women claim to have a given virgin birth.<\/a> You have never been naughty, eh? \u2026Right, right, I hear you! This taboo is so strong across cultures; one can imagine how heartfelt religion can be built up around it. But in order to dismiss this Good Tidings to all People, one would also have to explain away all the prophecies and the miracles in the lives of believers as they advanced the Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Clergy bring out their best sermons knowing that the hearts of listeners are for some reason more sensitized in this season than at any other time of year. Humanity through the ages has tried to come to grips with the impact of that One Solitary Life on all of history. Not through the force of arms, but through that wonderfully amazing virtue called love, agape love. So even for the non-churchgoer, this is a time to open one\u2019s heart just enough to listen and ponder what this is all about&#8230; a good time for reconciliation with loved ones and strangers with whom we may have had differences this past year.<\/p>\n<p>We may have known betrayal and heartbreak, setbacks and struggle this year. Some may have known loss, but do we not grieve like those who have no hope. If we ignored the Christmas story, how would we fill that infinite void? What would we sing in place of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_DbZWRSDdIw&amp;list=PLLKtmZqJ4bCdX0HRRx9aqcxaGu9D5OPdU\">Jennifer Hudson\u2019s rendition of Oh Holy Night?<\/a>.\u00a0In recent weeks we discussed the poor, the sick and the lonely. It is not too late perform God\u2019s own work for the least of these. Let\u2019s put nostalgia in its rightful place as we busy we busy ourselves in preparation. May the comfort and joy of family and friends enfold you. And while doing last-minute Christmas shopping, if you happen to see a big man still stopping to play briefly with those bouncy balls &#8211; just shout out, \u201cWhat\u2019s up doc?!\u201d Chances are you\u2019ll be right.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Sam Christian is surgeon who runs the Urgent Care on 137 Bath Road. It offers general medical care, office surgery, acupuncture and microdermabrasion. He is Medical Adviser to the Dominica Cancer Society and author of the faith and fitness nutrition book, \u2018Mannafast Miracle.\u2019 Dr. Christian can be reached at 440-9133 or by writing to urgentcare.da@gmail.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We grew up in Lautbor among other places, in the area where Hayden\u2019s Supermarket is located today. One Christmas, our father returned from a Fire Service training course in our big sister island of Trinidad. 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