The 12 Blogs of Christmas: The Gift of Enjoying Your Life

Well, we made it to the day before Christmas! Everyone, including yours truly will be out and about among the hustle and bustle of this fast paced holiday. Here's a question to ponder; If today was the last day that you and I were going to live, would we be in such a rush to finish it? It's a question that many of us have asked ourselves in some sort of way throughout the years. For most of us, it's simply a question that we brush to the side, and continue with our everyday lives. But for some of us, it's a question that stops us right in our tracks and makes us reevaluate our lives.

If you were like me growing up, you were taught that there is some sort of order in life that consists of being born, going to school, getting good grades, having a career, paying taxes, having a family, paying more taxes, then dying. Sounding a little familiar? I would like point out there is nothing wrong with it if you are following this direction in your life, but if you were reading a story of your life, would you be interested in it, or would you put it back on the shelf where you found it?

It's the in-between points of our major achievements that I believe we need to use in order to stop and embrace for as long as we can, then smile that we even had the opportunity to live it. So many of us are constantly in what I call the “rush of life” that we fail to slow down and look back at what we accomplished, and take a moment to appreciate what we’ve done. For those of us that have families, do we even take the time to celebrate it with them, or are we just off to accomplish the next goal?

After many years of the sort of programming that school and life has taught us, are we so anxious to see the next day’s sunrise that we completely miss out on today’s sunset? There’s nothing more exciting than thinking about tomorrow. It brings so much excitement and potential that it nearly knocks us out of our chairs, but until tomorrow comes, let's focus on this moment in time. Today's relationship lesson is whether you’re sitting next to your family, relaxing on a beach, eating dinner after a long day at work, or Christmas shopping like me, let’s take the time to enjoy the moment we have right now. Let’s do it for our families, our friends, and for ourselves.

Merry Christmas everyone, and thank you for reading The 12 Blogs of Christmas...

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