Today's Daily Reminder occurred to me while I was sat in a school hall watching my daughter's year put on their dramatic take of A Christmas Carol.
It was hearty fare, although I struggled to keep up a little bit. It's a big school and the noble aim of including every single pupil from her year, meant that there were something like four (maybe five?) different Scrooges – one of whom, by dint of seasonal sickness absences, was reduced to the voice of the drama teacher, wafting in ethereally from the front row.
All very on-message 👻
But somehow this melee of little mind-bodies shuffling around saying things quietly in front of us managed to convey the ‘Christmas spirit’ and suddenly one of the basic principles of my work reared its head, quite obviously:
For look at Scrooge! He has the most colossal (and famous) life-change, right there in our living rooms each Christmas, without lifting a finger…
…and then come New Year we're all busy trying really hard to effect change in our lives, to become a better version of ourselves (Honestly, what are we like?!)
😂🤣
So relax. Given that insight generally strikes from a place of clarity and peace, putting your feet up and enjoying yourself might actually be the most effective way for you to see the changes you want to see!
In his own words:
“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the past, the present and the future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.”
Seeing differently, leads to being differently.
Ho ho ho!
🎄
Giles
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