Believe

Getreadywithmemamma Santa was a big theme for the kiddos this year. Our first year that our son understood what the old chap was up to. We also noticed that this year, he slowed down to play with each present, cherishing each one. It was the happiest Christmas, anchored in a calm that has fallen over our whole family amidst normal stresses and the random growing pains that are family life. Our church service yesterday was full of friends who feel like family. We are so grateful for that. There is so much to be grateful for. There is a smooth surface for the moment in life and it poured over into Christmas. Our attitude towards gifts, extended family and life have met a good tempo. One grounded in simplicity and gratefulness, yet also ripe with a fullness of life. It all has to do with perspective. I’m at a point where I understand the fragility of life and it’s graces. I also understand that treating life’s gifts like conquests can well, just ruin it for you. I’ve learned in my thirties, that I need to slow down and appreciate the parts of life worth cherishing. I now know where to put all of that energy towards. It boils down to faith, family and home. It really does for me. I’ve also experienced a lot of life hahaha ok, not like sixty years worth, but enough to see things from various perspectives. I’ve gotta say, if you prioritize your life according to what you truly value, then it helps you to deal with the chaos that life actually is. You can find meaning in the randomness, you can find the deeper relationships that are real and not based off of outward appearances, or material values. There’s always deeper meaning and someone else’s perspective that you will never be able to truly know. You will never know what it’s like to walk a mile in their shoes, but you should always be searching to try to understand what that would feel like. Life is extremely complicated for almost everyone. No one gets out of life without being maimed a bit and in most instances, crushed. There’s a whole lot of suffering going down and people are actually pretty horrible at pretty much any instant. It’s still worth hoping in life.

It’s necessary to BELIEVE in YOURSELF and your DREAMS🤗💗. I’m serious. You are the only one that you can control if you call it that and no one gets out alive, or not alone. And yet, you might as well have fun while you are here and you can add to your own happiness and actually are the only one that can make yourself happy. So, go ahead fall in love, believe in life’s joys and spread some love and happiness around. Merry Christmas .