Categories: awareness, love, quality, willingness

I need to admit something. I love Christmas shopping at the last minute, at malls, with tons of people. I love the hustle and bustle. I love smiling at tons of strangers. I love the craze of it all.

Yes, I’m that guy who walks around the store with a big cheery grin on his face, sometimes singing a song or dancing to sound of my own mind. Yes, I’m that guy that you wonder about - how does he do it? How does he stay so freaking happy?

Answer: I choose it. I choose to be that guy that smiles and waves people into the line of traffic. I choose to ask the harried store clerk where to buy something really obscure, sometimes just to make a connection. That’s who I want to be - it makes me happy. It’s fun and it’s beautiful.

I just spent 3 hours going from store to store to store, only to discover that the obscure item I would really love to purchase is really that obscure. I’ve made phone calls, asked store clerks to call other stores, stuck my head in unexpected places just to ask, “Where would you go if you wanted to buy _______.” (I can’t tell you what that _______ is just yet…)

I really got to have fun with people today. The old me would have gotten grumpy, upset, and ask “why me?” Remember my other entry about “Why?” Change it to how. “How me?” Put that responsibility right back into the front pocket and say, “How am I going to show up this Christmas?” “How do I want to be at a party?” “How can I honor myself and my feelings and my actions?”

Homework:

Ask yourself, “How do I want to live in the next minute?” Choose it. Live it. Become it. The choice is yours.

Peace and Love to you this holiday season,

Joseph Lyons

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