YOUR LIFE A-Z:UNKNOWN

BLENDING IS BEAUTIFUL

UNKNOWN

I am sure that there are some UNKNOWN holiday traditions that you practice, meaning that you do not know how the tradition got started.  For instance, do you know why you have all of the foods you have at your holiday table?  Why do you think cranberry sauce is a tradition at holiday meals?  Do you know why you have ham instead of turkey, or prime rib instead of lasagna? How in the world did a fruitcake end up as a holiday gift?  Speaking of holiday gifts, have you played secret Santa or Christmas angel this year?   Take a moment and think about the people in your life and the gifts you have purchased. Ask yourself, is there anyone in your life’s circle that could really use an UNKNOWN gifter this year? Is there someone who would really benefit from an UNKNOWN Santa by having a medical bill paid or find grocery gift card appearing under his/her tree?  If there is not one that you know who can benefit from an UNKNOWN gift this year then you are surrounded by a multitude of blessed people.  If this is the case, make yourself go to the mall one more time and explore all of those tags still left on a Christmas angel tree.  Choose a tag or two and begin shopping for that child that desperately needs you to make his/her Christmas magical.  It is a gift to be an UNKNOWN gifter.  Give today.  Christmas has built in opportunities for you to create UNKNOWN gifts.

YOUR LIFE A-Z: ABUNDANCE

LOVE IS ENOUGH

ABUNDANCE

ABUNDANCE is really a belief system.  Do you operate from a perspective that there will always be enough to do you come from a place of scarcity, where quantity can run out and there won’t be enough for you?  This is not about that worn out old saying, “Is your glass half-empty or half-full?”  It is about your deep down belief system.  Do you matter enough to be taken care of by the universe?  How much food do you throw away from your refrigerator each week?  How many extra pair of shoes do you have in your closet?  What other things fill your closet and drawer space?  You are not living in ABUNDANCE with extras, you are living in greed, fear and materialism.  ABUNDANCE is having enough, not more than you need.  The food system may not be able to support us in years to come and then our gluttony might have to come to an end, but there will be enough to sustain us.  What do you need to sustain you?   Living simply is ABUNDANT living.  Living within your financial means is ABUNDANT living?  Living on credit card debt is living frivolously and recklessly.  Yes, you may have debt from a medical bill that was a necessity, or a set of tires your are paying off for your safety, but if your credit card is filled with department store debt you are living irresponsibly.  If you want freedom then you must live in the ABUNDANCE of enough.