The holidays can be a tough time of year for many. Either you're missing someone and wishing they were with you or you are surrounded by people and just wish some of them would go away ;) There are so many expectations around this time of year. Holiday gifts to buy, cookies to bake, parties to attend. The list can sometimes be endless. It's easy for our heads and our wallets to get overwhelmed and for the season to go by like a blur.
All too often, we forget what this season is supposed to be about.
Love.
Plain and simple.
As the mean old Grinch once thought, "What if Christmas doesn't come from a store? What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more?"
Whether you are religious or not, celebrating Chanukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or just waiting for Santa to arrive, the basis of everything is love.
A season of hope, love, and togetherness. A time to celebrate what really brings joy to our hearts...each other.
This holiday season I plan to take a deep breathe and take in all of the things I have to be grateful for. Spread love everywhere I go. Lend someone a smile. Give extra hugs. Offer a little bit of myself and my heart to those around me.
After all, material things fade.
But love....
Love endures. Love heals. Love conquers.
Wishing you all a very happy holiday season, whatever you celebrate and even if you don't celebrate anything at all. I wish for you peace, joy and happiness. I wish for your hearts to be full this season.
But most of all....I wish you love.
