The stores have been crammed with “christmas” for weeks.

As much as I love Christmas and a little girl inside me twinges with excitement at the twinkling lights, I find myself resistant to this early push weeks before we’ve gathered around the Thanksgiving table.

What about being present and living in the moment?

How can I cultivate gratitude and experience peace in the midst of pervasive pressure to;

want more

purchase more

decorate more

give more

make more?

Gratitude grows in a content heart.

Peace blooms in a soul tethered to the Divine.

As demands, expectations and the noise of this season mount, I’m seeking simple.

I want to align my spirit, soul and body to a sacred flow, weaving Thanksgiving, to Christmas to the New Year.  Stitched together purposefully and naturally. 

I’m opening a new door and stepping through to enter this season differently.

More fully.

The same calendar and same days that everyone else is rushing through, but the door I enter will be into a different realm of living these same days.  Choosing to begin with my intentions set towards experiencing God’s presence and then living these holidays from that place.  

Would you consider joining me?

Rather than waiting for the official advent season, I plan to present 1 word each day beginning the Monday of Thanksgiving week and going through the Sunday after New Years Day.

One new word each morning to lead us through these days with peace and joy.

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I’d love to hear how God whispers to your heart through these little posts so please leave a comment!