With a month to go until Christmas I've been thinking about ways to be even happier this holiday season. I love Christmas. But I know a fair few people who get very stressed about the whole thing. Applying the same ideas of mindfulness, kindfulness and thankfulness to the pre-Christmas rush will help to cultivate calm well-being and ensure a stress free time everyone to enjoy.
Happy Christmas thoughts in no particular order:
1. Happy thoughts bring happy things – why waste thoughts, time, and energy on worrying about whether something may not be perfect.
2. Care and share – relationships are what it is all about.
3. Look for the best in everyone – we all have good in our hearts.
4. Make magic moments – it’s up to each and everyone of us to create the world we want to live in.
5. Be your own person – your unique so be as different, as individual, as YOU as you can be.
6. Love – always, in as many ways as you can. ( see 17)
7. Simply be happy – don’t make things unnecessarily complicated. A sunny day is a reason to celebrate.
8. Appreciate the good stuff – notice , become aware of the world around you; it’s all pretty amazing
9. Kindness is free – a simple gesture of friendship, an offer to help, a nod and a wave; there is no cost to consideration. ( see 17)
10. Look around with wonder – really take the time to look at the everyday things that you may have seen a hundred times but not necessarily have savoured before.
11. Shine your own light – be the best you possible and don’t hide your talents.
12. Trust your heart – we all know what is good for us, our body gives us signals all the time. Our heart will always tell us if we are on the right path.
13. Smile – it realises fizzy hormones that make the world light up. (see 17)
14. Sprinkle everyday with silliness – sometimes we need to go back to the lightness of being a child and add a bit of sparkle.
15. Believe In wonderful – it exists for us all.
16. Joy full – start every day with the thought that you will fill it with all the things that make life good; the people that you love, the sights that give you pleasure, the tastes that make you come alive, the sounds that inspire you to sing out with joy.
17. Give (unconditional love) – give a smile, a hug, a kind word, a seat on the tube, a hand with the shopping. Give lots of love, sprinkle your whole day with it, just because you can and have so much to give.
18. Plant happy seeds – some seeds take longer to germinate than others, be patient they will flower when the time is right.
19. Laugh – get those endorphins flowing. (see 14 which should get the laughter going if it needs reigniting)
20. Choose to be happy – it’s your choice how you perceive things. You can choose to look for happiness, to see the good in life, to find HAPPY in all kinds of places.
21. Kiss – not just for lovers but for friends, children, pets, blow a kiss to the postman… kiss to let them know you care.
22. Hug – See 21
23. Gratitude opens doors – when we show our appreciation, when we are brimming with thankfulness the world responds with kindness
24. Thank you – so easy to say, so special to show, so lovely to receive.
As a reminder to keep positive why not download a 10toSHINE colour-your-own calendar with 24 ways to Create Christmas Happiness.
Sheet two - words
I’m a big fan of mindful colouring in, so if the idea of the holiday season is already making you tense get out your pencil case, print off the 2 A4 sheets and absorb yourself in a bit of playful relaxation.
Step 1: Colour the top sheet, the one with the numbers.
Step 2: Carefully cut around the heavy marked lines that make the windows. Only three sides per window, not the dotted line.
Step 3: On the second sheet apply glue to the areas around the boxes.
Step 4: place top sheet on to sheet two and smooth down so firmly glued together.
Each day as you open a window you will find a positive prompt to guide your day. I'm going to colour-in my ‘affirmations’ as they appear each day, just to reinforce them a little more, but there are no rules so do as you wish.
And of course you could get even more creative:
You could print off the sheets, cut out the sayings and the numbers then stick them to card back to back, to create a 24 pack of handy happiness hints.
Or make them into tags and tie them to a happiness branch for a blossoming of positive inspiration.
Or make two sets and turn them into a game of happy snap.
Play. Have fun. Share with friends. Get out the glitter…… that’s what Christmas should be about.
I’d love to know your suggestions and to see the myriad of ways you have chosen to Create Christmas Happiness. Please share them with me.
Thank you R x
I’m a big fan of mindful colouring in, so if the idea of the holiday season is already making you tense get out your pencil case, print off the 2 A4 sheets and absorb yourself in a bit of playful relaxation.
Step 1: Colour the top sheet, the one with the numbers.
Step 2: Carefully cut around the heavy marked lines that make the windows. Only three sides per window, not the dotted line.
Step 3: On the second sheet apply glue to the areas around the boxes.
Step 4: place top sheet on to sheet two and smooth down so firmly glued together.
Each day as you open a window you will find a positive prompt to guide your day. I'm going to colour-in my ‘affirmations’ as they appear each day, just to reinforce them a little more, but there are no rules so do as you wish.
And of course you could get even more creative:
You could print off the sheets, cut out the sayings and the numbers then stick them to card back to back, to create a 24 pack of handy happiness hints.
Or make them into tags and tie them to a happiness branch for a blossoming of positive inspiration.
Or make two sets and turn them into a game of happy snap.
Play. Have fun. Share with friends. Get out the glitter…… that’s what Christmas should be about.
I’d love to know your suggestions and to see the myriad of ways you have chosen to Create Christmas Happiness. Please share them with me.
Thank you R x
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