Spiritual Celebration
For me, celebration means much more than festivities traditionally held for birthdays, religious ceremonies and anniversaries.
By all means, let’s mark those occasions with a ‘celebration’ because of the love and joy we can share with family and friends. Let’s face it though, these occasions don’t happen that frequently and it seems a shame to waste all the opportunities in between!
My thinking is that we could increase our personal happiness exponentially if we took every opportunity to celebrate lots more things, like:
- the unexpected smile of a stranger or the expected smile of a friend
- watching your flowers grow
- the smell of a baby (the good one!)
- beautiful music
- the joy of sharing a meal with friends
- the love of those near and dear
- the delightful abandon of puppies at play
- dancing
- sailing etc, etc.
This is to experience the joy of being truly alive, and to show yourself and God, that you are grateful for being a part of it all.
Oh, and since it is almost Christmas, my suggestion is to really celebrate with your family and friends this year. How many of us have experienced Christmas day being ruined by old family feuds and little annoyances escalating to major wars?!
Perhaps there are too many expectations that Christmas Day (read any other occasion) should be perfect and ‘happy families’ should be the order of the day. Unless we are prepared to do something different and let small annoyances slide, by filling that space with a loving and kind feeling towards everyone, nothing will change. Of course excess alcohol doesn’t help, so less is more!
Anyway, why not make a list of those things that you will choose to be more mindful about celebrating in future? After all, the time for resolutions is also coming up!
Love, peace and wisdom
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Annie - thank you for your thoughtful and inspiring words. I love the idea about making a list of those things I will choose to be more mindful about celebrating…
Thanks, Annie. Your words do indeed spread love, peace and wisdom.
At this time of year I’m celebrating the fact that I can listen to the cricket on the radio while I buzz around the house finishing off work or doing some of the other many chores that seem to crop up at this time of year.
I agree Annie that celebrations don’t have to be restricted to the big, flashy or “traditional” events. Many moments everyday deserve celebration. Thank you for reminding me and giving me permission to do more small celebrations.
Thank you for encouraging words ladies! We all deserve more than we allow ourselves at times so I say let’s celebrate till the cows come home!
mwaaa