One tenet of Curing Seriousitis™ is to acknowledge what is, exercise present moment awareness, share and enjoy.
Fall is the time of harvest, the time to bring in the rewards of our efforts. It is time to celebrate. I hope it happens all over the planet, being joyous and appreciating the bounty with celebration.
Start the celebrations by putting real meaning into Halloween, pondering what is holy about this day.
Halloween is about changing your costume and the abilities to change who you are. Use change as a tool, after all change is inevitable, and conscious change creates more choices to celebrate.
Use Halloween to find new ways to look at life. To craft an attitude adjustment to have fun. Use the costume and mask to try on a new role. Be shocking, scary, be a fantasy or dress to honor someone or thing. What about being a guiding light, an anti-dote, a Mayan goddess.
The day after Halloween, November First is All Saints Day. Is it possible to see and treat everyone as a Saint that day? It’s only one day and could become a stepping-stone to the next celebration, and a new attitude.
Next for the Americans is turkey day also known as Thanksgiving. A great time to construct a gratitude list. Extort your gratitude as grace. Share your bounty, even if it is a conscious morsel left on your plate for an uninvited guest or stranger.
There are holidays I do not yet understand, like Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. Search and ask for the meanings. Practice respect for other people’s rituals. Empowering yourself and others by respecting what you may not understand is a great practice for daily life.
Then Christmas arrives, with its multitude of great meanings, a day of commercial magnitude, good cheer, goodwill, and excited children. Extend the myths and magic of giving and receiving.
Welcome the miracle of birth and the blessing that the light has returned. Put a bow on it, wrap the present and join with others to feel the oneness of humanity.
From the season of giving, give yourself a new start on New Year’s Day. Use the space from New Years to Chinese New Year to make ReSoultions to create in the New Year the way you want.
Your harvest is the tools and treasure to become the building blocks of the New Year.
It is the time to Celebrate our Holy Days, because if you are not appreciating this moment, what are you doing?
