I’ m    S  O  R  R  Y.       .       .

There really should have been a warning

before this video aired

ON     CHRISTMAS    MORNING,

no less.     .     .

but the thing I like about it

is the bare fact

I    am    completely

V          U          L          N           E           R            A           B          L          E

absolutely

undeniably

unequivocally

naked

bare-bummed

out in front of everyone

uncovered

OUT  THERE.        .       .

BELIEVE  ME

I know that this video

is a not-so-perfect

rendition of Sara Bareilles’

LOVE  IS  CHRISTMAS;

it’s flat.      .       .

it’s shot poorly.          .         .

it’s not just OFF Key,

but off the KEY CHAIN.          .          .

there’s sound of rain against the house

as-an-unfiltered-

one-shot-unedited-version-background.          .           .

the Point:

It’s   a   whole   lot   like   even   the   Best   of   Christmas:

P      E      R      F      E      C      T      L      Y          

 I      M      P      E      R      F      E      C      T

L O V E–

The real

warts,

scars

marred

nicked

blemished

and bloodied

is    that    way,  too.     .     .

THE  BOTTOMLINE:

It’s not what’s under the tree

or on the shelf

or coming directly from Amazon Prime

it’s   just   simply   that

LOVE  IS.       .       .

It’s   taken   me   quite   some   time

but I finally have found out

that LOVE isn’t on

The Calendar

that Love isn’t

a Date or a Day

that Love isn’t

a Season or a particular time.        .       .

It’s a  Lifestyle.     .     .

It comes to us at Perfectly Imperfect Moments.        .        .

L I F E T I M E S

can be lived in a single moment.          .        .

Quit trying to

GET   IT  RIGHT

and realize that IT

already IS

R       I       G       H       T—

a s    i s

and when you do that.          .          .

as Imperfectly Perfect it is

A    M E R R Y    C H R I S T M A S 

happens for AN EVER

and   E V E R.          .          .

and   not   a   bad

NEW  YEAR,

either—

no matter what the date or season.       .       .