If you are anticipating that your holidays will not be the same as they were before, you are correct. They won’t be the same, yet when you look at all your holidays past, none of them were the same. Now is the time to take really good care of yourself and create the holidays you would like to have this year.
Consider what is most important to you during the season. Prioritize what you would love to experience. Here are some ideas.
- What holiday event have you always wanted to go to but for some reason, it didn’t fit into your plans in the past.
- Have you been to a live performance of the Nutcracker Ballet?
- How about a performance of Handle’s Messiah?
- Maybe there is a local play or choir concert.
- What could you do to serve those less fortunate where you live?
- Maybe you could plan a pampering day for women in a local shelter.
- If you’d like a big holiday dinner, who can you invite who would have been alone at dinner time?
- Is there a local food drive you could make a part of your new holiday tradition?
- Maybe you could do something special for the children in your family or neighborhood.
- Gathering children to do a craft project to create a paper chain where they write their wishes on the links could be fun.
- You could gather some children and read positive stories to them.
- You could accompany children to go caroling around the neighborhood or to a senior center
- Schedule selfcare just to pamper you.
- Schedule a manicure or a facial.
- Invite a friend you’d love to spend some time with to coffee or to lunch.
- Go someplace you have never been before for the holidays
On every holiday, I write a letter to who I am grieving. In my case, there are several people, so there are several letters. I take my time with each letter writing out whatever I want to tell them. Sometimes I have tears when I write the letters, and just as often, I smile. I open my heart and reflect on how my life is going, and most times, despite some sorrow, I feel better each time I write the letters.
My favorite part of my letter writing is that after I write each letter, I write a second letter from the person I wrote to back to me. I don’t think about what I write or judge what I am saying. I just let my thoughts flow, and when I finish the letter, I take a deep breath, and then I read that letter. This is a time of discovery for me. I reflect on the depth of love, respect, caring, and kindness of the loved ones I am corresponding with. And I know each of them is always in my heart forever.
Instead of anticipating sorrow for the season, focus on planning joy. Focus on your precious self. When you take good care of yourself first, you can relish in the discover of the joy and positivity that will flow your way.
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