A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens. 1843
Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it.
Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern
He carried his own low temperature always with him
he iced his office
and didn’t thaw it one degree at Christmas.
not many knew
that the rich Scrooge
was once a poor child
a lonely child
trapped in a colourless world
joy
friendship
love
were meaningless ghosts
he himself had
no meaning
he could be a ghost
he could not connect with
ghosts
Scrooge the cold child became the cold man
absorbed in wealth
not spending it
not giving it
just
hoarding it
but this year
the ghosts of Christmas
would awaken
what he could have been
what he could be
he faced his own ghosts
they awakened his heart
they found rest
and stirred
his spirit
the secret of finding joy
is giving joy
NOTE
Images adapted from Works of Charles Dickens. Avenel Books. 1978.
MY GOOD READS REVIEW
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
My rating: 5 of 5 starsIt is easy to get caught up in the colour and mystery and intrigue of the Christmas ghosts of A Christmas Carol. But I have read this story - usually at Christmas - a number of times. For once, I found myself pouring over the Christmas past - the 19th century London Scrooge as a lonely child, little more than a ghost himself. Somehow the older, selfish monster that he became was a sad reflection of why - perhaps a sad reflection of why many today still lock out the Christmas spirit. The story is an enchanting carol, celebrating a possible transformation from ghost to spirit.
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1 comment:
Wiseman is a good name for you, but maybe should be wise woman! Giving joy is definitely the key. Thanks. K.
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