How to Stay Connected in the Season of the Heart
December is here, and it is the season of the heart. I love December because it reminds me to slow down, pause, meet friends for coffee, and take time to enjoy the beauty of the season and festivities.
It can also be a really stressful time due to meeting deadlines before the end of the year, dealing with family drama, having to make extra time for parties, going out, and buying gifts. For some people, it can be stressful in deciding what to buy and how much to buy, along with financial stress with extra expenses.
With all of this going on, how do you stay connected to your heart and the meaning of the season? My mom had a saying: “Every day is Christmas!” Whether it is Christmas or not, there are gifts around us all the time; there is magic available to us throughout the year, and it depends on how you choose to look at life.
This has been a touch stone in my own life when I find myself on the hamster wheel of negative thinking and stress – I remember my mom.
This year has been a year of letting go of the old and re-evaluating what we are doing with our lives and work. It has been a year of saying good bye to loved ones that have passed on, to holding boundaries around people and things that no longer serve us, and to really look at how we think, the thoughts we think, and how to re-imagine our lives in a new way with a new perspective.
Staying connected to the heart is honoring what is in our heart. As we close this decade and await the new year, this is a perfect time to allow for silence and to sit in the center of your heart and ask yourself some key questions for closure of this amazing decade we are leaving.
- Who did you say goodbye to in this decade?
- What did you let go of and grieve?
- Where did you learn to hold better boundaries around being happier?
- What thoughts did you shift for the better?
- How did you evolve yourself in this last decade?
- What people supported your growth?
As we move into creating a brand new decade, take time this season to rest in your heart and in the silence and honor all the ways you have grown and expanded in your thinking, in addition to acknowledging those that supported you in growing and in your ability to love deeper.
Take that awareness and use it to spread a more loving presence as you navigate your holidays this month. Maybe it will allow you the ability to be more present and connected to your own heart and share that with those in your life. You can take this into the new decade with the belief that every day is Christmas!
Wishing you a month of gratitude, honoring and appreciation for the growth you have witnessed and experienced in this amazing decade.
Happy Holidays!
Katie