Category: Meditations

Our history does not determine our fate—but it most certainly shapes us, from our genes on up to the stories we tell.

What piece of your family history do you hold as a particular gift?

Receiving is wonderful, and we have so much cause to be grateful for the stream of abundance that flows our way. Until it is all just too much and we can’t handle one more opportunity or treat or claim on our attention.

How do you restore yourself to balance when you have taken in too much?

“Until we can receive with an open heart, we’re never really giving with an open heart. When we attach judgment to receiving help, we knowingly or unknowingly attach judgment to giving help.”
―Brené Brown

What help would you welcome today?

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given.” Or a daughter. Either way it is an incredible gift to all of human kind—a new person who will do things we cannot even dream of.

What new life do you celebrate today?

It’s traditional to put an orange in the bottom of a Christmas stocking, a custom from a time when oranges were a special, exotic treat. Oranges are no less delicious now that they sell by the bag-full in your local grocery.

What do you often fail to appreciate because it is so common?