The Invitation
Of this Season:
Let YOUR Heart BE
Light!
Returning
To
Childlike
WONDER
Celebrating
Gathering
With
Friends
Family
Neighbors
Our fury family
The whole of the
World
In
This Season
Of
LOVE
PEACE
And
JOY
Allowing
Our calendars
To be jam packed
NO
White spaces
To sip IN
Be present to
The Beauty
Sitting in front of
the Tree
Staring at the
twinkling lights
Listening to our
favorite songs
Being swept away
Instead of
Consciously
CHOOSING
What we want to do
And
What we don’t want
to do
What’s FUN
What’s NOT so fun
Honoring our Self
Instead of being
LOCKED into Obligations
That strip
Our precious energy
Listening to our
Self
Brings the MIRACLES
Of the Season
ALIVE
Like nothing else
As
Our HEARTS are
LIGHT
In
Participating
With ALL of US
Embodying TRUTH
Who we are
Instead of
Feeling
OVERWHELMED
OVER-COMMITTED
Where we drag on
bodies
Where our Hearts
Don’t want to go
Filled with dread
Painting on fake
smiles
Pretending
Making “nice”
Playing the
expected roles
The HEAVYness
That presses on our
Hearts
Physically
Mentally
Emotionally
Spiritually
Is
The Signal
The ALARM
Blaring
Honking
Flashing
That
OUR JOY
Has been
over-ridden
Has been
extinguished
Forced OUT
Squelched
By
Our choices
To sacrifice our
vitality
To deny
Our SELF
And
Those we LOVE
The greatest gift
(EVER!)
Letting our HEARTS
Be LIGHT
Connected
Engaged
Expressing the BEAUTY
FEELing the awe and
wonder
Breathing in the
MAGIC
REMEMBERING our
magnificence
The MIRACLE of our
life
Of ALL life
LIGHTING this WORLD
With
OUR Heart
So Sacred
Ever-springing
From the well
TRUTH
PASSION
JOY
EXCITEMENT
LOVE
ENTHUSIASM
PEACE
FREEDOM
Be PRESENT
To Your Self
TUNE in
So
You can be the
PRESENT
You GIVE
Generously
Showering the world
With
YOUR JOY
Do what ya gotta do
To FREE your Spirit
And
Let YOUR Heart BE
Light!
Immediately following Thanksgiving Day, the
conversations I had with clients, with neighbors, with friends and with
strangers were breathy pleas for
permission to NOT join the insanity of the Season. This makes me laugh within myself as I so
understand how life swoops in taking us into this and that. Hell, I am the girl that sent out Christmas
cards one season without signing them and had no freakin’ idea until a friend
called and said WTF?! I know the
insanity intimately and have lived it in the past. But we must stop, pause and ask our Self: What do I want? This is an enlivening practice every single day as we consciously enter our
days knowing what we have control
over, knowing our part in creating our
lives and freeing our joy in living; but this level of mindfulness is essential
as the pace of life picks up over the holidays so we must be especially
vigilant NOT to give our Self away. We
must ask our Self: What do I want for my Holiday Season?
And dare to tell our Self the (fu$%ing) truth and honor our desires
as sacred.
I am clear on what I want right NOW and all the days of
my life: I want my heart to be LIGHT and as I write this, I am transported
back into my childhood home on Tabor Street hearing the sweet serenade of Bing
Crosby coming from the record player: Have yourself a merry little Christmas...Let
YOUR Heart BE Light…from now on our troubles will be out of sight…through the
years we all will be together if the fates allow…hang a shining star upon the
highest bough…and have yourself a merry little Christmas NOW.
This is my favorite Christmas song and what a wonderful
reminder that life ever-fleeting is right NOW
with no promise of tomorrow; and
we carry within us all those who blessed our lives lighting our hearts with their
precious hearts that are no longer physically here knowing the greatest gift
they ever gave us as these energies remain with us still was their LOVE, PEACE
and JOY. I feel their spirits urging me
on: keep your heart light no matter what!
as your joy is what makes life rich beyond measure not the material gifts that
are most emphasized. I LOVE the JOY of
surprises! And love to channel Will Farrell’s character in the movie Elf
jumping up and down shouting: Santa’s here! Santa’s here!
Santa’s here! Giving and
receiving gifts is absolutely part of the fun and celebration, but we must
never lose sight of the light within, our most precious treasure, our greatest
offering Christmas day and all our days.
The invitation this day and this holiday season: Let
YOUR Heart BE Light! Light this
world with YOUR heart, YOUR joy – sharing yourself generously fueled by the
celebration of living, letting your FUN guide the way, knowing you always have
choices and you are where you want to be with those you want to be with and
experiencing the magic of connection to your Self, your Truth which allows you
to fully connect with others. MIRACLES
flow without ceasing breath by breath.
Sip them in. And your heart
cannot help but BE light!
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