Are you Taking Care of your Soul

It is a very busy time of year with the upcoming holiday season.  Everyone is trying to not only meet our normal daily obligations but in addition finish our shopping and preparations for the holiday season.  The holiday season is supposed to be a time of love, reflection, and happiness but every holiday season I notice the same thing...most people are cranky, impatient, and just generally in a foul mood (I myself am guilty of this from time to time).

But why at one of the happiest times of year are we in our worst moods?  I believe the cause comes from us becoming so busy we often forget one of our most important tasks; taking care of our soul.   I have spoken about this quite often in the past when discussing the importance of our personal sanctuaries and was reminded about it while working through my book last night.  I thought today I would share a passage from a past post as a friendly reminder.

Grabbing some Me Time

With the upcoming wedding, trip, and side project I have been working on, it has been pretty busy around here needless to say something hada to give.  Unfortunately my writing time here on the blog was the one to suffer with all that is going on. 

When so much is going on in our lives it is very easy to get overwhelmed and stressed which can often lead to shortness and crankiness in our dealings with others, especially those close to us.

This is why I think it is so important even in our busiest times to find a little "Me" time.  It doesn't have to be much, but something you enjoy doing where you can be at peace with yourself. 

Life's Ironies

I wrote about my idea for a "new" New Years taking place on December 22 instead of January 1.  Truthfully the idea came to me while watching a recent episode of "The Big C".  In the episode the main character's, Kathy's, friend told her it was fitting he was dying on December 21st, since it was the darkest day of the year.