Sunday 6 December 2015

My Holiday Gift

During this time of year, many of our thoughts turn to gift giving—Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwaanza—we make our lists and choose our purchases carefully. This year I decided to focus on something different. I spend a lot of time writing, teaching and talking about looking within to find our answers and to connect with our power to create our reality. So this year I decided to give a gift to myself rather than giving to others.

It became an interesting challenge. I really don’t need anything material, because I basically have everything I need, in fact, lately I have been ridding myself of excess. Anything that hasn’t been worn or used in the last four years has been given away or sold, with the exception of a few family things that have particular meaning to me. I wanted my gift to be meaningful and special. I thought and thought about what this unique gift might be. Maybe a piece of jewelry…no, I already have too much jewelry. What about a something really huge like a new car? I just couldn’t justify that in this economy. I was really at a loss.

Some holiday music was playing on the radio, and as I sat half listening, half dozing, I heard “The Little Drummer Boy” and the verse where he decides to give the Christ child his drum. It occurred to me that the best, most appropriate present I could give myself might be to give away a part of myself to someone else. Remember the words of Jesus when he said, “What you do to the least of these, you do also to me.” Then I realized once again the true meaning of this holiday season. It doesn’t matter what religion you belong to or what philosophy you espouse, this is a universal truth. If you take the time, effort and love to do something for someone else, you give yourself a far greater gift than anything you could buy.

My gift to you is deep gratitude and love which knows no bounds.

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