Practicing Slowness During the Holidays

Merry Christmas Eve!  Sorry I have been absent in the last week. The end of the year has me sick as a dog…not a cute dog, either. I look more like a hang-dog.

I think that my body has said STOP. ENOUGH. DONE. Not a surprise, I have to say. In my rush to get through the lists of everything that I have to do – you know, finishing errands and catching up on emails – my body and mind has gone kaput. The Silver Lining is that I am a wee bit relieved about it,  because in being shut down, my spirit has awakened (again!) to the value and of practicing slowness.  It is an evolving life lesson for me.  I love living a speedy-Gonzalez life, but I also love a slow life.  I’m still working on finding a balance between the two.

So, on this Christmas Eve – with the gifts wrapped and the fire blazing in the fireplace – I am giving myself the gift of slowness.  After all there is no better gift than that, I believe.  Below are some of the things that I am doing today and tomorrow.  They are things that I (and you!) already know, but that I don’t do often enough.  The key is practicing them and thereby creating a habit.

Be grateful for what there is right here, right now.
Slow down instead of rushing.
Really notice everything about the moment, and find small things to appreciate.
Pause to savor the current moment.

Merry Christmas to one and all!

 

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