Welcome 2025
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Oh yes, another Christmas movie. It really is the season isn't it?
Quality Streets, mince pies, turkey sandwiches and even a bit of leftover Christmas pud with the best ever, clementine and cointreau cream - yum! 
All wrapped up with a big fluffy blanket and a whole library full of wonderfully delicious Christmas movies on TV. Pure bliss

This years stand out movie for me is 'Love Actually' and another of my all time favs.  
What an array of great actors and what charming and endearing characters they all play. There really isn't anything to choose between them. Although I do have a bit of a soft spot for Billy Mack 😁
Each character carries a very strong message, the same message. The message of Love and the importance it plays in our lives. 
'Love really is all around us' as quoted by Hugh Grant aka the Prime Minister.. if only :) 

2024 has not been the easiest for me and in truth, I have found it particularly challenging. I have felt a lot of sadness and loss which has presented itself not just in the loss of life, as loss can be associated with so many other things including faith. 
Faith doesn't necessarily have to be associated with religion either. Faith is belief and faith is most definitely fuelled by love. Without feeling love we become lost and disconnected.  

A very dear friend of mine, encouraged me to go with her to a Sunday morning service at a local baptist church back in the summer. It was at a very sad time for me and what I experienced in that room was an overwhelming feeling of togetherness and of love without conditions.  

I was also very lucky to have the opportunity to travel to Bhutan last September, to embark on a Buddhist Pilgrimage. The bus we travelled on was with a group of people from very different backgrounds and countries. It was a bus filled with connection, compassion and yes, love.

And there it is, my faith restored and my love tank filled right back up again. 
Where has love showed up for you this past year when you were least expecting it? 
Have a look around you, it's not always in the most obvious of places but I can guarantee, it really is there. 
So my mantra for 2025 is going to be a beautiful quote spoken by Ram Dass 'Love Everyone and Tell the Truth'. 

LOVE, such a little word with such a big and powerful meaning. In a world that really does seem to have gone nuts at times and with so many people struggling and suffering, let's remember to share it. To mean it and to remember that you are loved!

As the angelic Sam says to his attentive step Dad... Liam Neeson (back to 'Love Actually')...
"Lets go get the s**t kicked out of us by love"
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Thank you for another amazing year at Deva. For continuing to share with us. for having faith and belief in us and for all your Love. 

May your 2025 be filled with pure and unconditional love.

With Love
Jayne 
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