Holiday Stress
What is it about the holidays that makes everyone so crazy? I think it's perfectionism. I realized this from listening to the Flylady (www.flylady.net) who is an organizing mentor to 350,000 subscribers worldwide. She also helps women to love themselve and is constantly pointing the finger to our perfectionism as to why we are so hard on ourselves.
Norman Rockwell was wonderful. My husband is from his area in the Berkshires and we actually received,as a gift, a child's stool painted by the boy (now a man) subject in the famous picture of the boy and girl sitting on stools, sharing and ice cream soda at the soda shop. Wonderful sentiments! So what do we American's do? We get a little crazy with ambition and decide that we have to remake our lives and everyone's around us to try to achieve these ideals. The thing with perfectionism is that we can never be perfect, so there's always something or someone to fix!
That family looked great but in real life, they likely were week in areas that you are strong in. Let's let gratitude an appreciation for our strenghs be a part of our holiday season. When the noisy energy is all around us, let's take 5 minutes which we all can spare and do something queit - look at a candle, pray, meditate, look at water,stare at the ceiling, cuddle with a child or spouse and be present.
I love the energy of the season and I have to be careful that I don't get trapped in it's addictive lure and stop taking the time for the essence of the season. It's hard to make that shift but when I do, then I jump back in more energetic and with more peace inside. What simple thing can you do to get more peace and balance this season?
Norman Rockwell was wonderful. My husband is from his area in the Berkshires and we actually received,as a gift, a child's stool painted by the boy (now a man) subject in the famous picture of the boy and girl sitting on stools, sharing and ice cream soda at the soda shop. Wonderful sentiments! So what do we American's do? We get a little crazy with ambition and decide that we have to remake our lives and everyone's around us to try to achieve these ideals. The thing with perfectionism is that we can never be perfect, so there's always something or someone to fix!
That family looked great but in real life, they likely were week in areas that you are strong in. Let's let gratitude an appreciation for our strenghs be a part of our holiday season. When the noisy energy is all around us, let's take 5 minutes which we all can spare and do something queit - look at a candle, pray, meditate, look at water,stare at the ceiling, cuddle with a child or spouse and be present.
I love the energy of the season and I have to be careful that I don't get trapped in it's addictive lure and stop taking the time for the essence of the season. It's hard to make that shift but when I do, then I jump back in more energetic and with more peace inside. What simple thing can you do to get more peace and balance this season?
posted by Irene at 8:00 AM
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