On this holiday morning, may you give more love than you seek.
May you understand others rather than you ask to be understood.
May you express compassion rather than require it for yourself.
May you listen rather than be listened to.
May you accept rather than be accepted.
May you lift up rather than seek to be lifted.
May you give hope rather than receive it.
Of all the great mysteries of life, one thing is certain: We are put on this Earth to make it a better place for everyone else.
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2009 at 7:36 am
You know what….. Ur always so right, just what I needed to read snap me out of my selfish slump
December 25, 2009 at 7:47 am
Thank you for inspiring us with your insight. I hope your Christmas is as rewarding as mine has been.
December 25, 2009 at 8:06 am
Thank you love and peace and Merry Christmas my friend!!!
December 25, 2009 at 8:16 am
Thanks Davey, you have a Merry Christmas aswell.
And….at the moment i couldn’t be happier ^.^
December 25, 2009 at 8:22 am
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2009 at 9:46 am
Is this a delicate way of telling me to get off my high horse? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
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December 25, 2009 at 9:47 am
MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL … Davey … you always speak words of wisdom! Hope your Christmas rocks … and if we all give more love then seek … in return we get the love we seek from another … if that makes sense …
Love and Peace
Jack
December 25, 2009 at 10:03 am
I am glad that your Catholic roots are working for you!!!
Prayer of St. Francis:
“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen.”
Merry Christmas!!!
Jaime
December 25, 2009 at 7:04 pm
St Francis? I think you’ll find St Patrick was there first with his breastplate. But then, I think he was just basing it on the Beatitudes. Never mind, if Davey Wavey’s just Jesus Christ in sexy underwear that’s fine by me.
December 26, 2009 at 5:02 am
Apparently great minds think alike; I was also reminded of St. Francis’ prayer while reading Davey’s Christmas blog post. I don’t think you’ll find another prayer in the Christian faith that more beautifully and fully sums up Christ’s message to all of us to love everyone as we love ourselves. Despite all we’ve added to His message over the years, it all boils down to Love – the greatest gift of all.
December 25, 2009 at 10:34 am
DW, I love your site. There is love and caring in the brief moments we share together as bloggers. Your energy and enthusiasm is contagious. I want to take my shirt off too
I nominate you to be the Dalai Lama !! Wishing you and Mom a wonderful Xmas……blessings all around.
December 25, 2009 at 10:35 am
Merry Xmas DW ;o)
December 25, 2009 at 10:41 am
HAPPY CHRISTMAS DAVEY! & TO EVERYONE OUT THERE TOO!
December 25, 2009 at 10:54 am
Merry Christmas Davey Wavey. Love you!
December 25, 2009 at 11:01 am
Merry Christmas to all on the site! And a Very Special Christmas wish of Peace and Happiness to you Davey. I just “discovered” you and this site a few weeks ago, and want to thank you for your message of hope and caring for others. May your Spirit continue to spread to others. Thank you for sharing Davey Wavey with us.
December 25, 2009 at 11:24 am
3rd year in a row now that my family and I have not exchanged gifts. we realized that gathering to share our love and time together is more important than expressing it through material objects. so to you DW and to all your fans-may your holiday be equally loving and wrapped with joy.
December 27, 2009 at 5:56 pm
2nd yr in a row we discontinued exchanging gifts-being unemployed i couldnt possibly reciprocate.however i mustve slipped up and mentioned that i had to trash my bicycle due to extensive repair-guess what?i got a new mountain bike.never ever expected that.but going back to subject of this blog-the beatitudes come to mind.and prayer of St.Francis.
December 25, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Aww Davey!
Merry Christmas to you too!!! <3
December 25, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Hohoho! Merry Christmas Davey
December 25, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Hey, Davey, that was awesome… and what would the world look like if everyone could see through these glasses?
Thanks, Love, Peace.
Have a great trip to down under… and please try on some speedos in a video for all your blog buddies…
we know what kangaroos look like already
December 25, 2009 at 3:59 pm
beautiful post. thanks dw.
merry christmas to you
December 25, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Davey, these are so wonderful thoughts.
You have a talent to play with words.
Thanks for sharing them with us.
I wish you a merry, merry Christmas.
Love
Siri
December 25, 2009 at 6:55 pm
You always have such inspired words for us and I love it! I tend to get a little selfish this time of year and this was a good reminder to snap out of it. Thanks Davey!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
December 25, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Davey…if your going to paraphrase the Peace Prayer of St. Francis you should at least give him the credit.
December 26, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Your Dec.25 comment MO was disappointing – you could have at least thanked Davey for his wishes and inspiration. His ‘paraphrasing” (if it really was) was quite lovely and appropriate. Don’t be soooo critical of honest efforts. Ministers, Priests, and Rabbis have been doing the very thing you criticize Davey for doing. So what!!! At least Davey takes the time to do something positive.
December 25, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Aww, have a Merry Christmas to Davey. We ALL Love you & wish you the best(at least I do).
December 26, 2009 at 7:54 am
Jack, you “Always” make “Plenty-of-Sense,” so, dunt-worry! As do the majority of others here. And Davey, yet anothah “Insightful, Riveting post” from you, and we-all “Thank-You and Love-You
!” Davey i wish you, Scotty, Colin, Chipotle and all of the rest of your family and other friends, a “Merry Christmas 
!” And as-well, “Merry Christmas 
!” to-Everyone heah on Davey’s Blog, and in “The Chat-Room.” i “Thank-GOD” for “All” of you 
’!! Love and Peace to All, _ _ _ davvi
December 26, 2009 at 10:07 am
May all your blessings be multiplied.
Ditto to all of the above.
As for the “certainty” that we “have been put here”, for whatever purpose, let’s just say we might address that idea on another post.
My sincere thanks and blessings to you, Davey, for making all our lives so much more enlightened.
Merry Christmas to you and to all our blog buddies everywhere: Christian, Moslem, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Pagan, followers of other fsiths, and to agnostics and non-believers in some force that “puts” us places.
Peace, Health, and Love to all,
Be well,
December 26, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Very inspiring, words to live by in 2010. Have a very Merry Christmas Davey and everyone here.
December 27, 2009 at 1:21 am
Davey i wish to thank you for the inspiring word this has been a though day for me since 12 yrs ago i lost my mom on Christmas morning and this year my aunt passed away Christmas night. But you word are a comfort and shows me the real meaning to the circle of life,I was drowning in sorrow till i read your words thank you so much I hope your Christmas was great and to all my fellow blogger s i hope you all had a merry Christmas , peace and love to all. May you all have a healthy and safe 2010
December 27, 2009 at 11:59 am
Very well said Davey, I hope you are surprised at how much you can be thought of kindly by friends and family.
Cheers!
December 27, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Merry Christmas DW-and All our Blogbuddies.