The holiday season is in full swing...parties to host and to attend, family and friends from out of town in and out of town over the next couple of weeks - it's logistically challenging at times. I try to be mindful during this holiday season, accompanied by the time demands of "extras" to take at least a few minutes each day to be - just being present to the quietness of walking in the neighborhood and admiring the wonderful lights and decorations, listening to Christmas music, turning out all of the lights and letting the small white lights (my preference!) reflect in the living room and create a warm coziness, or lighting a cranberry scented candle and sipping a cup of tea. A few moments to be and to reflect on the special people and experiences in my life that have brought me to where I am. I do tend to get a bit reflective during the holiday season, as there are several "self-reflective" occasions that occur close together - Christmas, my birthday, and New Years, all of which offer milestones to look back, as well as to look forward.
And, then, a day just "happens," as it did today, where things that need to get done, are able to be completed, more than planned, even. What a quiet feeling of accomplishment - 4 reports completed, a grant application completed and submitted, and one of my dear friends accepted a position as a VP at a hospital - in a field in which she has excelled for 20+ years - a job she was born to do! She and her husband will be relocating several hundred miles away, and I will miss her terribly, but she is a lifetime friend, and I know we will stay connected. And, an unexpected "gift" - unspent year-end funding that was given to my site to host a training session that my staff wanted very much!
Happiness.
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