Our focus
on buying material presents can overtake us at this time of year. We can get
scattered and tired out because of the pressures to get it all in and make sure
we don’t forget anyone. The one person
we often forget is ourselves. The truth
is the greatest gift you can give someone is you. Your presence of love,
compassion, support, service, listening, calmness, laughter, and time.
Even if it’s
just a thank you to the cashier in the checkout line, or a happy face on the
napkin for the server, or spending time with a friend who doesn’t have family,
you are offering the true spiritual gifts of the holidays that spreads true joy
and love, bringing more joy and love back to you. That’s how karma and dharma
truly work.
Though
material objects and gifts can also be infused with a lot of love, meaning and
connection, please don’t forget about your state of being and mind this season.
Your presence is truly the best present.
Here are a few
questions to ask yourself for this season:
1) What spiritual trait do I want to
embody this season? (e.g. generosity, love, peace, care, thoughtfulness, etc.)
2) Spend 10 minutes in the morning
meditating on that trait
3) Consciously act out that trait with
3 people you meet in the day
4) Reflect for 10 minutes in a journal
of what happened that day as you showed up with that presence
See if you
can take this exercise right up until New Year’s Day and see how it affects
those around you.
It is
possible to change the world, one intention at a time.
With blessings,
Heather
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