Another morning dawns. The pale winter sun peeks down and smiles at its reflection in the puddles of a cleansing rain. The new day adds its celestial rays to the twinkling chorus of Christmas lights and we know it’s that time of year yet once again. The children sing silly songs and their parents brave the mall. We celebrate our relationships with presents and packages all wrapped up in ribbons and bows.

 

 Perhaps the greatest gift we can give each other takes a more profound shape than a simple box, no matter how prettily packaged or skillfully wrapped. As we reflect more deeply on what all our presents and gifts mean, as we move into the heart space from whence our gratitude springs, we can begin to bring out and deliver the true gifts of the season. We don’t even need to engage the services of UPS or the postal service for these presents to find their way under the tree.

The gift that strengthens and celebrate our loves and relationships isn’t a new sweater or even a new car, but rather the simple authenticity of our true selves and a return to the center of things, the basics upon which love and friendship are built. The simple considerations and commonalities that brought us together in the first place coupled with a new determination to “do it differently”.  A concrete commitment to learn new tools, to get really real with ourselves, to endlessly uplift, appreciate, and build genuine friendships with our lovers, partners, children and friends is a gift that goes outside the box. Sweaters fade or unravel; cars break down – but when we change ourselves and the way we interact with everyone we love, our whole universe changes with us.

 

 Thank you for spending this morning moment with me. Let’s celebrate together as we exchange our most heart felt gifts this Christmas season.

 

 Aloha, Peace and Wellness, oh and a Very, Merry Christmas,

 

 Holman

Contents © 2009 by  Holman R. Meyerhoffer, LMT—Project Transformation