The Season Ahead
🌟Weekly Inspiration🌟
I hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you are approaching the December holidays with hope and cheer. The holidays can be a hard time for many families, for many different reasons. Sending love and strength to those families who might have an especially challenging season—missing loved ones, going through a divorce, or battling illnesses. I think it is important in our frenzied world full of materialism/distraction/pressure, to be intentional about how we want to show up this holiday season—and how we want to model this for our children.
A few years ago, I saw this Holiday Reminder List in Spirituality & Health magazine and it resonated with me—I cut it out and post it in my kitchen during each holiday season.
1. I choose to create and continue traditions that are meaningful to me.
2. I get to choose how to respond to any situation.
3. When I am tired, I can rest.
4. I can turn down any invitation that does not appeal to me.
5. I can choose to shift dynamics that no longer support me.
6. I carry the light of the divine within me always.
7. I get to bring a fresh response to every relationship.
8. I choose to eat foods that bring me life and vitality.
9. I listen to my body and what it needs.
10. I give generously with my presence.
11. My love is multifaceted, and giving does not require money or wrapping paper.
12. I choose to make every interaction meaningful.
Yes ❤️. My whole body settles when I re-read that list; it reminds me to slow down, breathe, and check in with myself before saying yes, and it re-aligns my values when I go off course.
Ask Yourself:
What would it be like to write your own list for the holiday season?
What might it feel like to have a family discussion around gift giving, service and generosity, values, and pacing this season?