Dear EvFran:
Good to read from you! I’m sorry to read that your Christmas was lonely and exhausting after all the hard work cleaning your uncle’s flat. It’s completely understandable to feel the weight of missing your loved ones, especially during the holidays. I admire your strength in trying to make the best of things, even when it’s challenging. Focusing on yourself in the coming year is a healthy and positive approach.
My Christmas was relaxing, spent indoors all day because of the non-stop rain. I missed the outdoors and I missed socializing but I didn’t ruminate on wishing it didn’t rain, and that I was around people. Acceptance is.. Relaxing.
Here are 4 quotes by Thich Nhat Hanh for today and for your new year:”The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don’t wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy” (Happiness and suffering are intertwined, and waiting for a perfect state free of suffering is neither possible nor necessary for the experience of joy), “Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything – anger, anxiety, or possessions – we cannot be free”,
“The best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment”, “Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion”.
Wishing you a peaceful weekend and a Happy New Year! 😊
anita
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