Wellness Wednesday~
December 19, 2012
To many it has morphed into this mortal
thing that demands we buy millions of dollars of stuff for people who
(to a degree) feel a sense of entitlement to those gifts because they
are inundated by the media with images of the next best thing.
My
family and I celebrate Christmas thanking our Creator for having
sacrificed so much that we may live on this earth and that he has a plan
for each and every one of us. Start feeling this Christmas spirit by
doing the following:
Volunteering:
Find some place that you can give of your time that will bring others
peace or joy, maybe at a nursing home; many do not have visitors and
feel alone.
Take
time to enjoy and share the holiday season: My family and I felt the joy
when we encountered neighborhood carolers at our front door last week!
Give some home baked goodies to an elderly neighbor and sit down to visit with them
Smile: There are so many grumpy shoppers and cashiers that when you smile at them they almost fall over with surprise!
Find the peace for the Reason for this Season, the celebration of a savior being born.
With
the tragedy that happened last week, we need to hold our children
tighter, tell them that we love them more often. Remember, it not always
the quantity of time we give to one another, but the quality. “There
may be a feeling that life is too short and they are motivated to change
whatever situation we are in In a life-threatening situation, people
are motivated to reevaluate their lives, their goals, their futures and
their priorities,” says Catherine L. Cohan of Penn State University, who
studied how 1989’s Hurricane Hugo and 9/11 impacted relationships.
Let’s
cease this Christmas holiday as an opportunity to put things behind us
and move forward loving our family; many will be missing a loved on this
Christmas day.
Praise God for salvation and have a very Merry Christmas!
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