Greetings everyone,
Well it
is that time of the year (in the States), where holidays pile up and
stress seams to increase. I
am not certain why the American holidays are ‘stressors’ to the
population, perhaps it is the required family time, extra cooking, more
shopping, crowded stores, congested traffic and full parking lots.
For Thanksgiving, due
to certain choices I made, I found that I needed to go to the local
grocery store on Wednesday evening in order to bring my ‘designated’
dish to the family affair. I
found myself falling into some old habits on Wednesday. I started getting concerned about
rush hour traffic, the store parking lot and the crowds themselves. In the past, I had found that the
traffic always was worse around a holiday. Everyone knows that parking lots
get packed full and it is sooo stressful to find a good spot. And for anyone who is empathic or
‘feels’ the stress of those around them… the angry, cursing shoppers in
the store are enough to make one want to duck for cover and not pop out of
their secret cave until well past the holiday season! It was only my desire to meet my
commitment to my family which guided me towards the grocery store. (I am
big on meeting my commitments.)
Will
there be a parking space up front or will I have to park at the very
end? Will there be parking at
all? Will the drivers in the
parking lot be aggressive???
Ponder… ponder…. And in a psychological warfare with myself… I
began to prepare for the battleground….. are you familiar with this
strategy?
This holiday season I
implemented a new plan: Peace, Joy and Sharing.
It was
at the moment that I saw the parking lot for my local grocer that I
decided I wasn’t going to ‘worry about it’. I let go. < Peace came> Matter of fact, I parked fairly
far from the grocery store entrance…. On purpose!
I
picked a tune in my head… a fun, loving tune and began to hum it. (okay, okay, it was a cheesy pop
song by Britney Spears….. complete ‘bubblegum’ music….. ) <Joy
came>
I then
began to saunter towards the front of the store and that is where I made
another vital decision in implementing my ‘new plan’ for the
holidays. (Typically I cover
myself in the white light of Christ (aka GOD) and protect my empathic self
from all *that* anger, stress, emotion that comes out of the pores of
people – especially during the holiday.) This time, however, I made the
complete and dedicated decision that I was going to share the white light
with any who wanted it. I
wasn’t cocooning myself with in it.
I choose to call upon the light, surround myself and any others
(who accepted) with it. I
asked for it to be continuous and replenishing. I gave freely to any who
accepted. I asked that the
angels bless those around me.
I asked that, for any who choose it, those people would find Peace
in the moment, day and holiday.
I also prayed that those people would gain the wisdom and knowledge that
they could call upon that Peace and Joy themselves at any time, any place
and any occasion. <Sharing>
I felt great that Wednesday
evening in the middle of a crowded store, congested traffic and full
parking lot. I felt great and
I was thankful for my own wisdom and knowledge to turn myself inward for
peace and joy. I was also
grateful that I ‘applied’ the wisdom with my conscious choice.
Everyday I seek peace from
within. Somedays, like holidays, I slip up and fall into old habits
of 'buying in' to the fact that this is hectic, stressful and
unjoyous. This year I say "Bah humbug" to that frame of mind and I
am sticking with my choice to view each day as peaceful. When I find
that I am slipping up, I will remind myself that it is my choice how I
perceive the day to be.
My
wish for you, is that you too remember it is your choice
and act upon that however you may wish.
Blessed be,
Kriss
