Our holiday season begins with a holiday of gratitude. I love these quotes and wanted to share them with you. Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday filled with an abundance of blessings and gratitude.
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The holiday season can become a blur. There’s extra to do, to make and to finish. Company’s coming and your home is not ready. There’s gift buying and wrapping. There’s family photos and cards to write.
At the same time we are grateful for our family’s being together and the abundance we are blessed with.
Mindfulness is a state of active, open attention on the present. Being in the moment you can enjoy your accomplishments and share time with your friends and family. These 10 mindfulness tips will help you stay in the moment during the holiday season.
1. Make a list and move forward. When we have too much on our mind, it’s hard to be in the moment. Getting it all down on paper helps free you up. Have a weekly planning time to get it all done.
2. Delight in nature. It’s a time of seasonal change and beauty. Take a few moments every day to notice the color of the leaves, the duration of the day and nature around you. You are in touch with the changes around you.
3. Focus on fun. Got leaves? Rake them together and jump in. Hate laundry? Host a laundry party with music and snacks to get it done and off to closets.
4. Nurture yourself with rest. When we think we have too much to do, our rest is the first activity we diminish to add more time to the day.
5. Embrace inclusion. Include other’s in your celebrations that are unable to join their family for the holidays. Adding more people multiples the joy of the season.
6. Troubled by a rude relative or stranger? Think about being overly kind throughout the holiday season despite a difficult situation. Instead of ruminating about it, return joyfulness.
7. Share gratitude. Hug your family, friends and strangers to share the joy of the season. Write a note to express your gratitude. Call or text to say thanks.
8. Give yourself extra time to savor a moment. A little extra time between events and errands makes for less stress.
9. Work together with others. Delegate and partner with people and resources around you. Incorporate your family into holiday organizing and activities.
10. Keep spirituality in your season. Materialism is everywhere and it’s hard to keep yourself grounded. Whatever your belief, choose one activity that taps into your spirituality.
Wishing you a joyful holiday season!
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“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” — Albert Einstein
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” — William Arthur Ward
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity…. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie
For me, life is ALL about gratitude! Being thankful, grateful, positive and appreciative are the most important of all things. My wish is to share this with everyone I am in contact with, friends, clients anyone and everyone. Thanksgiving and gratitude are like peanut butter and jelly, salt and pepper,or milk and cookies.
Are we missing the reason for our season with all the focus on turkey and dressing? Is getting ready for the holiday after this one taking away from appreciating all we already have? Thanksgiving is our time for reflection for our bountiful blessings.
The connections of order and appreciation are numerous for me. Having order in our home helps us remember all we have and all we hold dear. Organizing is honoring our home, our belongings and our time. Organizing and gratitude come together in my work with my clients. I am honored to partner with them and grateful for their trust in me.
As your holidays begin this year, make a list of the 3 most important thanks! Keep this momentum going with your gratitude journal all year long. It will change your life!
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