Tis the season for parties, gatherings, and celebrations among your friends, family, co-workers, and fellow parishioners. Ah, the joy of gathering with those you love and respect. Smiles and cheer are plenty, along with good food and drink. How does one prepare themselves for such demanding festivities? As we have all experienced, perfect parties are a fantasy and something will always happen to spoil the mood.
I’m probably one of the last people to advise anyone on happiness because I’ve not mastered it myself. The best person to teach us how to be happy is someone who has already figured it out. That makes sense doesn’t it? So I consulted my personal library.
Adulting (v): to do grown up things and hold responsibilities such as, a 9-5 job, a mortgage/rent, a car payment, or anything else that makes one think of grown-ups. – dailyurbanista.com
While this sort of thing is reserved for the 20-39 year old set, everyone struggles with Adulting, even us 50 –somethings.
When you look into the mirror do you like what you see? The best way to gage your level of self-love is to notice your reaction to your reflection in the mirror. Did you go gack!? If so, it’s time to work on being more attractive, charming and understanding of yourself.
Here we are again, talking about prosperity. Which ends up being a discussion on wants, needs, desires and our ability to get all of that into our life. So, what kind of magician are you? Do you launch into action when the fridge is empty, the car is out of gas and payday is 4 days away? Do you go foraging for your prosperity and wonder where will it show up next? Or, are you more methodical and keep a low flame burning on your prosperity altar twenty four-seven for fear your resources will dry up if the candle goes out? One option is less stressful than the other, still, the focus may be too pointed on lack and uncertainty.
There is a lot of fighting going on in the world. There has always been a lot of fighting going on in our world. Fighting for land, rights, revenge, pride, you name it and someone will fight over it. I don’t like fighting, but I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not.
Every December 31st most of us gather together for the ritual kiss. We kiss to say good bye and we kiss to say hello. I really never knew why we did that. I assumed it was for good luck as if we were lucky to still be here and see another year come to a close and feeling lucky about the next year.
