Are you too stressed to realize the Holiday season is alive and well within you? Look Within to Find the Holiday Season Is the holiday season usually overly stressful for you? For many people, the answer is probably ‘Yes!’ When you stress out over the holidays with all the preparation, shopping, wrapping gifts, etc., you might easily lose sight of just what the holiday season is supposed to mean. It should be a time of joy, love, sharing, merriment, magic, and for some, a spiritual experience. So, what can you do to feel the “spirit of the holidays” so that you truly enjoy this wonderful happy time? What would make you happy and calm this holiday season? I find that making plans ahead of time helps to alleviate the anxiety and expectation of the holidays. Once I’ve done a bit of forwarding planning, I find I have space to think, and surprisingly, the spirit of the holidays slips into my soul when I least expect it. It can happen when I am decorating, planning an evening of entertaining with good friends, playing some holiday music or it can pop in out of the blue like it did the other day. I was at the local store a few days ago, and I saw a mom with her young son looking at toys in one of the aisles. I could tell she didn’t have a lot of money and she was also heavily pregnant with another child. Her young son was wide-eyed as he looked at a video game system that he hoped his mom could buy. I continued shopping, and when I was done, I went to the cash register to find the mom with her son standing in front of me. I was pleased to see that she had...

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