A sign for the times

The Romans of Jesus' day were very superstitious. Aside from worshiping a pantheon of false gods, they also tried to read future events in nature. For example, they believed that a flock of birds flying a certain way was an omen. (You can see someone watching birds in this way in one of my posted videos, 'Julius Caesar', with the song 'Afer Ventus' by Enya. But for all the things they claimed to tell from the sky, they missed the big one. The only real one. I often wonder what the Romans in Palaestina thought about that suddenly bright new star that appeared in the sky that miraculous evening. They probably just thought it was a curious stellar event and nothing more. But the events of that one night left an indelible mark on history. It revamped history. Everything before and after it suddenly pointed to that miraculous birth. No other single event in all of history besides Jesus' death and ressurection accomplished that.
For many today, they ascribe meaning to this holiday, maybe in a way not so different as the pagans did to that star. It is a fun holiday, a memorable holiday, an amazing holiday, but it is also so very very much more! It is a celebration of the one who has changed our lives and our world, who has brought us hope. And it all started with a bright star.

Minuit

Il est minuit.
Deserte est la rue,
A part les soldats nazis,
Dont les yeux fureteurs cherchent partout.

Les gens apeures
dans leurs maisons, barricades,
Ne soufflent pas mot
Leurs volets sont fermes.

Midnight

It is midnight,
The street is deserted,
Except for Nazi soldiers
Whose prying eyes search everywhere.

Frightened people
Shut up in their homes
Don't breathe a word
Their shutters are closed.

November 25

How does someone with ADD/ Asperger's blog? Carrrefulllyy! Vewwwy carefullly! Why? Because having ADD is kind of like living with the old Atari game Space Invaders. The invaders are thoughts, and they come firing at me constantly all the time from everywhere. To pursue this analogy, my meds are like my laser weapon to shoot down the invaders, but it only works to a certain degree. Although to give it credit, it does slow things down enough to help me see the wild untamed barrage of thoughts coming. Sometimes having a barrage of thoughts can actually come in handy. There are times when I can grab creative thoughts out of the air and put them to use.

The creative side of ADD does has its advantages. The only thing is, that because I also have a kind of autism which is also intensely creative, sometimes I have difficulty determining whether my creativity is stemming from my ADD or from my Aspergers' (autism). Still working on that one.

I must add to this note that although I have been formally diagnosed with Asperger's, I have not been diagnosed with ADD, so I don't know if I truly have it. I definitely do have a lot of the symptoms of it.

November 24th

Just getting the feel for this....

I really really like this! Having my own special page, to host my musings, thoughts and wanderings.