I hope you had a magical Thanksgiving.  As you know the holiday season is busy.  It’s a flurry of frenetic work, buying gifts, travel, seeing family members, playing in the snow (if you have some), trying to recover from another crazy year, and the other 5 million things going on.  It’s easy to find yourself deafened by the noise and lost in the swirling energy swings of the season.

While all of this is true, I believe the holiday season can be a time of incredibly powerful peace.  Within the chaos there is a still silence, and probably because of all of the chaos there is a deep resonating harmony so powerful that it can move your heart and soul if you let it.  There is a small catch; you have to search for this peace.  You have to look for it between the holiday meals, under sugary snacks, behind that last great deal you got.  You have to search for it as you clean up the toys from your kids who made a huge mess, again, between the fatigue and the holiday rush, and above the snow falls.  I often find my peace in my living room, by the Christmas tree, while I’m just lounging on the couch soaking in the solitude in silence when everyone else is sleeping.  You might find yours on a drive to work or during a 5:00 am workout.  You might even find yours in the midst of a snowball fight.

I hope we all find a bit of this powerful peace this year, because now in the midst of this chaos is the perfect time for reflection.  It’s a chance to look back, look around, and allow yourself to be moved.  What are you most proud of?  What would you do over again and change?  What dumb thing did you do that still makes you laugh at yourself?  What moment would you replay over and over again if you could?

The peace is there if you look hard enough.  Will you find it?

Have a jolly good day,

Andrew Embry