It’s my diary.
As this years is coming to a close, I’ve come to a point where I feel the need to put my thoughts in writing and put them ‘out there’- so I have called this ‘It’s my diary’, and each week I will be posting my thoughts- with the intention of hopefully bringing some skills and help to whoever feels the need, and always with humility and love.
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It’s increasingly obvious that Xmas is getting closer and closer every year. The retailers start filling up with Xmas goodies, after the October long weekend. The radios start advertising carols in November, and families start decorating their houses inside and out, earlier each year, and the kids, that’s another storyJ, start putting in their requests with every ad on TV.
What all this says to me is that we are not enjoying, let alone, living in the moment, we seem to be always looking for the ‘next thing’ to do, to plan, no wonder so many people feel extra stress at this time of the year because we are brain soaked from October on.
What happened to Xmas being one- two days a year- and the shopping and planning was left to the last few weeks in December. As I reflect back I can still feel the excitement of a few days before Xmas eve, cooking and wrapping, and then Xmas eve going to the shops for last minute groceries and having a coffee, soaking in the excitement, the buzz. And then carols on Xmas eve. For some, Xmas is a very sad and lonely time, and that needs to be acknowledged. Being reminded months before about what lies ahead for those people, is not helpful, they certainly don’t need reminding.
I’m well aware nothing ever stays the same, but isn’t it time we brought back some of those moments that were precious for so many reasons, and not allowing ourselves to be drawn into all the media/retail hype.
As I’ve gotten older, and my children have all grown and have families of their own, I can now live my xmas vicariously through the younger grandchildren, as they help put my tree up,, which I resist until the last week, and visits to Santa in his workshop, looking for the brightest star in the sky. I always used to remind my children, no matter what, look for the miracle of Xmas. That could be bumping into a long lost friend, a family member that hasn’t been in touch for a long time, or a stranger who wishes you merry Xmas.
There’s no ‘bah humbug’ about this, it’s just a shame we don’t try harder to live in the moment, whether it is shopping, cooking, or hanging decorations, or planning even, I’m sure that we would feel the magic of xmas more if we did all this being more consciously aware of the moment, rather than racing around for weeks on end- or months in some cases, and being exhausted, and sometimes disappointed at xmas.
2015, is a universal 8 year, a time of personal growth for those aware enough to acknowledge this, the number of infinity, what goes around comes around. How we change and grow will reflect on our personal world, and the world at large.
If you find the need or want, after Xmas, to develop a mindfulness way of life, that brings calm, and relaxation to everyday life, or you may want to be more in touch with your intuition, then I will be running workshops on those very topics, and more.
If you are interested and would like me to contact you in the New Year, please leave me a personal message with your email address. Or have a look at my website- http://itismydiary.weebly.com
As this years is coming to a close, I’ve come to a point where I feel the need to put my thoughts in writing and put them ‘out there’- so I have called this ‘It’s my diary’, and each week I will be posting my thoughts- with the intention of hopefully bringing some skills and help to whoever feels the need, and always with humility and love.
………………………
It’s increasingly obvious that Xmas is getting closer and closer every year. The retailers start filling up with Xmas goodies, after the October long weekend. The radios start advertising carols in November, and families start decorating their houses inside and out, earlier each year, and the kids, that’s another storyJ, start putting in their requests with every ad on TV.
What all this says to me is that we are not enjoying, let alone, living in the moment, we seem to be always looking for the ‘next thing’ to do, to plan, no wonder so many people feel extra stress at this time of the year because we are brain soaked from October on.
What happened to Xmas being one- two days a year- and the shopping and planning was left to the last few weeks in December. As I reflect back I can still feel the excitement of a few days before Xmas eve, cooking and wrapping, and then Xmas eve going to the shops for last minute groceries and having a coffee, soaking in the excitement, the buzz. And then carols on Xmas eve. For some, Xmas is a very sad and lonely time, and that needs to be acknowledged. Being reminded months before about what lies ahead for those people, is not helpful, they certainly don’t need reminding.
I’m well aware nothing ever stays the same, but isn’t it time we brought back some of those moments that were precious for so many reasons, and not allowing ourselves to be drawn into all the media/retail hype.
As I’ve gotten older, and my children have all grown and have families of their own, I can now live my xmas vicariously through the younger grandchildren, as they help put my tree up,, which I resist until the last week, and visits to Santa in his workshop, looking for the brightest star in the sky. I always used to remind my children, no matter what, look for the miracle of Xmas. That could be bumping into a long lost friend, a family member that hasn’t been in touch for a long time, or a stranger who wishes you merry Xmas.
There’s no ‘bah humbug’ about this, it’s just a shame we don’t try harder to live in the moment, whether it is shopping, cooking, or hanging decorations, or planning even, I’m sure that we would feel the magic of xmas more if we did all this being more consciously aware of the moment, rather than racing around for weeks on end- or months in some cases, and being exhausted, and sometimes disappointed at xmas.
2015, is a universal 8 year, a time of personal growth for those aware enough to acknowledge this, the number of infinity, what goes around comes around. How we change and grow will reflect on our personal world, and the world at large.
If you find the need or want, after Xmas, to develop a mindfulness way of life, that brings calm, and relaxation to everyday life, or you may want to be more in touch with your intuition, then I will be running workshops on those very topics, and more.
If you are interested and would like me to contact you in the New Year, please leave me a personal message with your email address. Or have a look at my website- http://itismydiary.weebly.com