"We can watch ourselves grow...in our ability to be creative, powerful, productive people, using our gifts and talents in a way that feels good and benefits others."
~ Melody Beattie
As we move full swing into the holiday season, the holy
days season, and the gift-giving season, let's give ourselves the gift of growing in our gifts.
Today is the first day of advent.
What might this mean for you?
When I was a child, one of my favorite things of this season was my advent
calendar. One year my calendar held a piece of chocolate behind each numbered door. But most years there was a simple drawing of a gift object or a scriptural quote to be discovered. What was behind each door wasn't as important or exciting to me as the opening itself each day.
I invite you to join me today in nurturing the spirit of the child who lives in you still.
Recall a time in your childhood when you felt a great sense of anticipation, joy, and wonderment.
You may harken back to a Christmas past or to a birthday or the start of a summer vacation. No matter. Just tap into the wonder, the anticipation, the hope, the joy, the sense of freedom you felt on one of your best days as a child.
The all-grown-up you and I might not be feeling so great right now. It seems to me we can all use some stirrings of wonderment and hope. Joy too.
Whether
or not you ever had or even saw an advent calendar, regardless of your present religious beliefs, please join me today and for the next four weeks in beginning each day in an open-minded and open-hearted way as we open one of The Twelve Gifts.
Let's watch one another grow as we open and use "our gifts and talents in a way that feels good and benefits others."
Be ready for discoveries and surprises too!
Today's gift is reverence. May you appreciate the
wonder that you are and the miracle of all creation.
With joy,
Charlene
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Be ready for the miracle to unfold...
(from The Twelve Gifts of Birth)
