We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
In some ways, I have enjoyed this holiday season more than any other.
I have beaded and baked. I have wire wrapped and stamped and dapped. I have written cards and gone to the mall and wrapped gifts and spent time with my boys. I have listened to my students play "Jingle Bells" and tickled the ivories myself and watched all of my favorite Christmas movies. I am looking forward to driving to southern Illinois on Christmas Day and spending the holidays with my parents and my brother and his wife and two of my three children.
A person shouldn't ask for more. So I'm not going to. I am going to revel in what I have - today, right this minute. Naturally, I'm looking ahead the New Year - to resolve or not to resolve? - and what I hope it brings to me. But there is one thing know for sure. In the past few weeks, I have let go of my to-do lists and expectations, and I have been happier - and more productive - than I have ever been before. I can't help but believe that a better life than I could have ever imagined for myself is just a heartbeat away.
I wish you and yours a very merry Christmas.
2 comments:
This is absurdly late, but I'm just catching up on my blogs now. However:
Merry Christmas! I hope yours was wonderful!
It was, S.M.! It's great to have you back! :-)
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