Just in time for the holidays… Send me your most inspiring story about daring to wear your soul on the outside–holiday-themed, of course! I’ll draw a winner, post it on my blog, and send you a copy of my latest book Dare to Wear Your Soul on the Outside. Entries will be accepted through December 31, 2008. I’ll post the winning entry in January.
Holiday blessings to my friends around the world!
This year I’ve decided to write “How Blessed I AM for…” letters to my parents, sister, brother-in-law and nephews/niece to show my appreciation of them. I want to take the time to acknowledge what my family means to me in a more meaningful way than gifts. The letter is something my family can look at each day and know how I felt about them and how blessed and thankful I am to have a wonderful family. Each person will get a personalized handwritten letter that I will put in their stockings.
Kelly G
I have not read Dare to Wear Your Soul on the Outside, but I have had the privilege (and I mean really privileged) of knowing and spending two weeks on a very special journey with Gloria.
So I will tell my holiday story from a faith in growth perspective that I learned from her in the past so I will project that I might hit the mark in this present thing I have done. After a decade, I decided to let go of a pain that proved me to be a faultless victim to a terrible accident. I chose to have a back surgery that relieved me of a physical pain that kept me connected to an emotional pain. I consciously chose to do this right at Christmas to relieve me of being dragged into the vortex of consumerism associated with this time of the year. Could not shop, could not do much, most importantly could not be a victim of family and friends who never really asked me to do anything for Christmas. Now believe me pain got my attention and Christmas made me know that we are still family. Goodbye to both and everything that stemmed from this. Today, I cried when I hugged my doctor at my check back and told her that for the first time in many years I am without physical and emotionally-related pain. My husband and daughters had a wonderful vacation together in Jamaica this year doing something that supported something my girls really wanted. That was so much better than any present I could or would have brought for Christmas. They agree.
So, I sit in my recliner with my laptop and have revisted many friends including Gloria. I have learned so much about the gift of doing nothing, something I avoided… and I look forward to a more focused elevation of my very gifted, very capable self. And I am so grateful this year for friends and family who must love me. There were times when pain diminished me. I look forward to a new year, a new president, a better me working with a better humanity. I am so excited to be alive and part of a walk toward a more excellent humanity.
Hi Dawn ~ I’m still getting the hang of this brave new world of blogging. Thanks for taking the time to post a comment on my site. Big hugs. ~ gb