‘Tis The Season To Be Love!

Now today is Christmas – some of you have already opened your presents, others of you are just getting around to it and yet still some of you haven’t even woken up yet. And then many of you are from other walks of life and so today isn’t as meaningful to you as say others days this month. To all humans, I say – HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

This time of year, no matter what faith system, or lack thereof we may be a part of – we all have one thing in common – this time of year above all else is about LOVE. Loving our Creator, loving ourselves and loving our friends, families and strangers.

Today – and the Holidays (and hopefully EVERY DAY) is a reminder to BE the presence of LOVE on the planet. That is what life is about. We come together this time of year because we truly can’t make it alone.

I think the greatest gift we can give ourselves and others is the gift of Love. Not in some sappy romantic comedy kind of way, no. In a real kind of way. Love isn’t Love if it’s not Love in action. By Loving ourselves, we let others off the hook. We are no longer trading for Love – that is to say, you do “THIS” for me and then I’ll do “THAT” for you. That isn’t Love – that’s horse-trading. Many times though, we have conditional Love because we do not feel as if our needs are going to be met. But when we accept the Love of The Uni-verse in our lives and then express that Love to ourselves, get busy being of service to others and adding value to their lives with our creative gifts, then all of a sudden we have MORE than enough LOVE to give away.

And then, we let other people off the hook for our own happiness – they feel that and we begin to lighten each other’s loads. When we take responsibility for our own happiness and choose to give Love away, we are giving the greatest gift that we could ever give. Because this is why we were born. The Uni-verse breathed life into our lungs because It gave us a gift to give to the world. When we live a life dedicated to being of service and giving that gift, we create miracles in our lives.

So perhaps today we can create a new habit that will come with us into the New Year – let us BE the presence of LOVE in our lives and in the world. Let’s take responsibility for our own happiness, no longer blame others and instead BRING what we feel is missing from life. Let us stop trying to get or take Love and instead set our aim on how we can serve and express our gifts to the world, so that we make the world a better place for someone else – and in doing so we will also be making the world a better place for ourselves.

Let us discover what makes us happy, what makes us come alive and then go out and DO it so we can show up to those we LOVE FULL-FILLED and pour that Love on to them. Let’s take the conditions off of our Love and instead give it away freely, knowing that we only get to keep what we give away, anyways.

May today, this Holiday Season and the New Year bring you Love, bring you JOY and bring you a sense of clarity for what makes you happy – and may you have the courage to walk out your Faith and truly be the presence of Love on this planet – you are the happiness you’ve been looking for.

Source: ‘Tis The Season To Be Love!