Merry Christmas

Good morning all!
It's Christmas in India. no.....
Its Diwali today. Festival of Light. I came home yesterday to find my balcony strewn with Christmas lights that flashed happy colours through my curtains while i slept. Strings of lights and garlands of marigolds have gone up everywhere and a festive spirit is felt throughout the streets today.
I was surprised actually, last night, I expected the firecrackers and explosives to go on later than they did. I thought they would escalate more as we drew closer to the day, but everything was quiet by about 10:30pm. thank goddess.
Of course this morning there were some little rascals who couldn't resist at 7am to wake us up with a couple of real doozies. Like waking up in Vietnam during the war.
I have a bit of a cold today. Thinking I need to buy a wooly hat to wear to bed because my head gets cold at night sleeping in a cool drafty room with no central heating. I wake up sneezing and sniffling.
Yesterday I gave my first Reiki session. I randomly bumped into my french friend Gayatri and she was not in a good way. Stomach problems, you know, Delhi belly, but also nausea and muscle aches and headaches and chills and all this stuff. So she was happy to have some help when i offered. We had a lunch first. She, eggs and lots of toast...... me, a fabulous fresh salad with feta cheese and cashews and mango smoothie. We did it at her room so she could rest after. It was amazing to be able to give like that and I really had a strong sensation that this is the kind of work i am meant to be doing, healing and giving. I cried tears of happiness while we worked, I felt so honoured to be able to help, to serve, in some capacity and i think that this is what has been missing in my life, this sense of purpose, this sense of contributing to people in a significant, positive and meaningful way. It was very fulfilling and gave me lots of energy too. Afterwards I felt very recharged and energized. I remember a similar sense of satisfaction when i gave massage in costa rica.
She fell asleep during it, so i will talk to her today to check her experience and get feedback and check in on how she is doing.
poor girl. Lots of adventure over here.