The holiday seasons are times for remembering others, past times, precious memories. They are a time for giving and receiving in the spirit of love, not in overindulgence.
It is a time to get together with those you care about and a time to express what is in your heart. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we didn't wait for holidays to be in contact more often. To let those we profess to care about know how we feel. To help the needy more often. To be open hearted, to be part of a true community. To share. To celebrate the life we have been given.
Gratitude teaches us to be more aware of our blessings, instead of dwelling on our hardships. It opens the door to receive and leads to greater abundance. In the state of gratitude nothing is taken for granted, each small blessing is noted. Even those that do not appear to be blessings at the time.
We wait to see what they may reveal to us in time. My life now consists of events, that in fear, I thought were disasters, but in reality led me to a new direction, a stronger spirit, a vitality and peace I did not previously possess.
Now I know to release my rigid expectations to to be open to the blessings that will arrive in time and on time. God loves to give and when we are open to receive we find that he blesses us with abundance.
He reveals to us a path of joy and new learning. To greater experiences and a discovery of hidden talents or those we have been afraid to nurture because we thought there was security in the job and rut we were in.
The only security is in faith. In allowing God to lead us to our higher purpose, and in living life in a state of gratitude and awareness. Then each day can be a season of giving, of loving, of commitment, of counting our blessings, of remembering to stop and smell the roses, and keeping in contact with others, of taking time, remembering what's important, and feeling grateful.
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