Conscious Inner Transformation

… and I’m sitting in the kitchen watching the dog snore her way through to Christmas day, with her head so close to the Christmas tree that if she jumps up quickly, she’ll knock it over.

Despite the ever increasing annual pressure to buy! buy! buy! – and ‘tradition-composite’ Santa notwithstanding, I can still get misty eyed when I hear a well sung carol, remembering high school days in the choir.

Its hard not to become jaded with almost 360 degree encouragement to run up a credit card debt in a festive shopping frenzy. Its just as difficult not to get unnecessarily warm and fuzzy because of some reminiscent pull to the ‘good ole days’.

Pressure to conform to social and/or familial expectations or traditions can really make things hard, if one’s inner self wants to just spend time alone, or step back a little from the hype and simply be. “Be” long enough to really know how one actually feels about Christmas on one’s own terms.

We might find ourselves asking, what is the spirit of Christmas? Is it meaningful to me? How does it apply to me in the here and now (for that is my reality)? If the spirit of Christmas is about bringing more love and peace to earth – is it something that should just be relegated to one day of the year, or do I want to cultivate it in my life on a more regular basis?

And what do the turkeys feel about it all?

I guess the most important thing for me, apart from spending precious holiday time with my loved ones, is that I’ll re-dedicate my focus to allowing more of my true Self to be born in the simplicity that can be found underneath the decorations and trimmings.