'Tis the Season!

  I was watching TV and I am loving some of the holiday commercials!!  

The Vikings for Capital one, the lady licking the chocolate fountain for BJ's. 

   What would you possibly do with a chocolate fountain? It would probably end up under the counter with the Dice-O-Matic.  

I have found myself returning to simpler celebrations.Needing to reinstate ritual and traditions.  

Making cinnamon ornaments, stringing popcorn, making paper chains, making a Yule log, pulling out my mother and grandmother's recipe for Christmas cookies.

It's also a way to be present with our loved ones who are on the Blue Road of Spirit, those who have crossed over.  

Really thinking about our loved ones and what we could do to celebrate our gratitude for them in our life, possibly including a letter of gratitude with your gift.  

It's not the making of things, or gift giving that excites me, it's being together and talking about tradition, about appreciating the people in our life, getting together. Passing that on to children.  

This season is about rest after the preparation and harvest of fall, to nurture ourselves and our families. Following the natural rhythms of Winter allow us to hibernate a bit, by not pushing so hard.  

It is time to create, reflect, rest. Put all of those pictures in an album, work on a jigsaw puzzle, finish that book that you have been putting off. Drinking tea. Baking, an old recipe. Playing a board game with the kids. Watch family movies.  

Whatever your traditions, apply gratitude for the many blessings in your life and share that love with the world.  

Here is the thought of the day:  

Every person has the power to make others happy.  

Some do it simply by entering a room --  

 others by leaving the room.  

 Some individuals leave trails of gloom;  

 others, trails of joy.  

Some leave trails of hate and bitterness;  

others, trails of love and harmony.  

Some leave trails of cynicism and pessimism;  

others trails of faith and optimism.  

Some leave trails of criticism and resignation;  

others trails of gratitude and hope.  

What kind of trails do you leave?"

 William Arthur Ward American, dedicated scholar, author, editor, pastor and teacher)

 Namaste,
Marianne Goldweber
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