🌟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?

It is important to remember that the people who tend to get what they want in life are the ones who take the time to know what they want 💡. 
I’m not speaking of materialism here, I am speaking about the quality of life that they set intentions about having—it can start today and with this season.
Wishing you well!