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Give Yourself the Gift of Peace, Love, and Joy
this Holiday Season

Q: What is the secret to a peaceful and loving holiday season?
A: A loving relationship with yourself and all you connect with.

Let's start with examining the relationship you have with
yourself. How do you feel about yourself? What thoughts go
through your mind when you are scurrying about from the shopping
mall to shopping online, from soccer practice to holiday parties
to decorating the house and baking enough goodies to resolve
world hunger? Do you feel good about yourself? Do you like YOU
at this time of year or do you judge yourself for not being
prepared enough for yet another year's festivities?

It all starts with you. The key to creating a more loving
holiday season for yourself begins with Self Love.

So, how can you love yourself when you are too busy keeping up
with all the demands of others? Very simply start monitoring
your thoughts.

Ever notice that you have a constant barrage of thoughts
happening every minute, every hour? They are just that,
thoughts… literally minute packets of energy vibrating
incredibly fast and nothing more. Please know that you are not
your thoughts. Thoughts are verbal messages that show up in your
mind that you choose to buy into or not. You are merely the
witness of those messages.

So, what kind of thoughts you are having? Be aware. Be
mindful.

Are you having thoughts that don't make you feel good, thoughts
that bring you down or make you feel stressed, frustrated, or
sad? Listen to what you say to yourself all day long, and ask
yourself "would I want to be friends with someone who talks like
this all the time?" If the answer is NO, then read on…

YOU have the ability to change all of this. It starts with your
willingness and desire to make a change, just as you had a
willingness and desire to learn how to drive a car or learn a
sport…practice, practice, practice. Now you can drive without
even thinking about it!
When you surf the television channels have you ever come
across a show that you absolutely know you don't want to watch
and click the remote quickly not to even be caught up for a
moment in such nonsense? Well, the same applies here, change
your internal channel; if there is a thought that isn't serving
you, you have the ability to change the channel. It's all about
choice and AWARENESS. Awareness that you are FEELING something
that brings you to a place you don't like being.

Start to choose thoughts that bring you peace and joy…thoughts
that bring you to a place where you feel good about yourself.
Practice by saying to yourself, "This is only a thought and I
have a choice right here in this moment to be affected by it or
to change the channel." Then, simply CHANGE THE CHANNEL, bring
in thoughts of love, acknowledge what you are grateful for,
count the blessings in your life. Notice something that makes
you feel good… maybe it's the blue sky, grandma's famous oatmeal
raisin cookies, thinking about a loved one's smile or maybe it's
thanking your body for being such a fantastic and patient
vehicle for carrying you around all day long. Sometimes it's the
simplest of things that give us joy and make us feel good. It's
in noticing the little joys that we can get out of a bad space.
Whatever it is for you, make it a habit to connect with these
thoughts often. Just by changing the channel and focusing on
more joyful thoughts you physiologically raise your vibration
send a powerful message to all the cells in your body; a message
that says I care about and love you very much. Trust that your
body will respond with feelings of love and joy, perpetuating
self love on the physical, emotional and mental level.

So, change your channel and create a peaceful and loving
holiday season for yourself, and resolve to be vigilant with
this practice so you continuously receive this beautiful and
life transforming gift.

Blessings to you and yours for a magical, and peace-filled
holiday season… Namaste!

Deepak’s book on wealth consciousness in the field of all
possibilities explains how affluence, unboundedness, and
abundance are our natural state. We just need to restore the
memory of what we already know. In this book, Deepak clearly
illustrates how the power is within all of us to create the
affluence we desire.

Using this book is a great habit to cultivate. Enjoy, and may
your 2005 be prosperous and abundant!

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