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Everybody knows HOW to celebrate Christmas. It's a time for sharing gifts, right?
Advent calendars are helping children to cope with the excitement and wait until they get the “real” presents on the 25th, at the bottom of the Christmas tree. Quite far off from the the ritual which originally directed their attention towards “good” actions or good thoughts.
Santa Claus, quite far from the original Turkish Bishop of the 3rd century, has become a champion across all categories in Sales and Marketing in our consumer society.
That's HOW Christmas is celebrated.

But WHY all this running around? My wish here is not to discuss about religion, a very personal topic I believe. However, I am wondering : what is all this frenzy giving YOU? Which gifts are you receiving from it? I'm not talking about perfume or gadgets. I'm talking about real gifts, not the kind that just pile up in cupboards or bins, but the kind that plant happiness, those you receive in your heart?

The original message from this christian celebration is one of joy and peace. We talk of Christmas Truce. So I'd like to take this opportunity to suggest a truce with your life's difficulties, and receive, appreciate and give back a little bit of joy and peace. You can do this just by taking one minute of silence, focussing on your breathing. Or... don't tell me you didn't expect this coming from me... by tapping?

This tapping is starting on the top of the head and finishing in the same way. As usual, please adapt it freely to your language, story, inspiration...

First take one (or a few) deep inspirations, and imagine a picture, a sound, a perfume or a colour that's a sign of peace and joy for you.

(Top of the head) Today, I'm welcoming a joyful peace in every cell of my body
(Eyebrow) Today, I'm cultivating peaceful enjoyment in every fibre of my being
(Side of the eye) Today I'm receiving a cheerful peace with gratitude.
(Under the eye) Today I'm seeing the serene enjoyment coming to me from everywhere, people who surround me, nature...
(Under the nose) Today I'm choosing to savour this peace spreading deep into my being and life.
(Chin) Today I'm choosing to multiply this cheerful sweetness and make it bear fruit
(Collarbone) Today I'm redistributing the fruits of this contagious enjoyment to anybody who wants them, and everybody else too!
(Under the arm) Today I'm noticing the sparkles of smiling peace in every person whom I see or think of.
(Under the breast) Today I'm naturally seeing the brightness of soothing enjoyment around me.
(Wrists) Today I'm savouring the satisfied serenity which I can see in others.
(Head) Today I'm choosing to embody peace and enjoyment in every word, action and thought.... Thank you!

May peace and joy be with you... NOW!

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Giving and receiving love. Isn't it what life should be about? However, this very concept is ignored on a daily basis. First because of "priorities": we have to earn a living, deal with daily issues, etc... No time for something as mundane as love. And true enough, the bare necessities must be fulfilled. But isn't love part of these 'bare necessities"? Second, "love" is often mis-interpreted. The emphasis is often kept on physical love, and the heart is forgotten about. And when self-love is mentioned, we're reminded that we should be humble, "don't you be selfish, now", "love thy neighbours as yourself" (not "more than" youself... ), etc... By the way, "as yourself", what does this really mean? I'd like to share with you a beautiful thought about self love.
"Also, let me explain that there is a difference between "being loving" and "being love".
Being loving means giving love to another whether you have any for yourself or not. It means giving what you yourself may or may not even have to give. This type of giving of love can eventually drain you, because we don¹t always have a limitless supply. And then we look to the other to replenish our pool of love, and if it is not forthcoming, we stop being loving ourselves, because we are exhausted.
Being love, on the other hand, means loving myself unconditionally so that it overflows, and anyone and everyone around me just becomes an automatic recipient of my love. The more I love myself, the more it flows out to others. It almost feels like being a vessel for love to flow through. When I am being love, I don't need people to behave a certain way in order for them to be a recipient of my love. They are automatically getting my love as a result of me loving myself. So to stop being love, to me, means to stop loving myself. Hence, I will not stop being love on account of another."
  The author of these words, Anita Moorjani, was admitted in an hospital in Honk-Kong early 2006, with a cancer so advanced they said she wouldn't see the morning. And indeed, she was declared dead. At least from a mechanical point of view, if I may say. Anita went through what is known as an NDE - Near Death Experience. She came back to life with a completely new outlook on life, and on healing. If you want to know more, share her very contagious joy by viewing this video. You can also read a detailed interview here. On a similar topic, you might also enjoy this article : Is it selfish to be happy?  

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