I hope that you’ve all been enjoying the holidays…time off from work…time with family and friends to enjoy and celebrate with one another and the spirit of the giving season! This can often be such a joyous time of the year. Yet for many, it can also be a time of melancholy, sadness, angst, and anxiety!
For me this year it’s definitely been both! Or perhaps better said, it’s been at least a little bit of all of the above! 😉 But it’s OK because I am talking about it and sharing it and saying it’s OK. It’s OK that everything is not roses, that everything doesn’t feel happy, that I have moments and thoughts and feelings that aren’t so positive and don’t feel so hot!
But no matter what…there are always things to be grateful for! And doing my best to be present in this very moment…to appreciate the goodness and the beauty in this very moment is soooo very helpful! 🙂
And during John’s Thanksgiving break he and I began what looks to be a wonderful new practice or perhaps tradition for us (since we both felt really good about it). Feeling stressed and anxious, John said what if we write down on little pieces of paper some of the things that are upsetting us right now and then thrown them into the fire. I told him that I absolutely loved his idea! And then I shared my thought on reading them aloud to each other before we throw them in the fire. He said that he would rather not read them aloud so as to not give the words and thoughts any “oxygen”. I totally understood his thinking but asked if he could possibly be open to my thought. Happily, he thought about it and said that he would be open to my idea. It was incredibly powerful to hear what John wanted to get rid of and it was equally as powerful to share what I wanted to get rid of! And if I am being completely honest, I really think it helped us move more easily and happily during what was a VERY stressful time in both of our worlds!!! 🙂
So new traditions…new ideas…new ways to appreciate, celebrate, and honor the beautiful people, places, and things in our lives! In my opinion, one word really does say it all GRATITUDE!!! 🙂
I want to wish you all a very happy, healthy, and peaceful New Year!!!!
Joy & Love,
Goddess Mandy 🙂 XO
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