{"id":3755,"date":"2016-12-19T11:58:42","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T11:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/?p=3755"},"modified":"2017-09-08T13:18:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T13:18:11","slug":"give-present-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/give-present-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"Give The Present of Presence"},"content":{"rendered":"

The period before Christmas seems to be crazy with present buying, endless amounts of shopping, decorating and cooking\u2026it\u2019s all so fun and can seem magical, but Christmas can seem like a whirlwind caught up in fairy lights.<\/h3>\n

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But do watch out that you don\u2019t get over-whelmed and stressed with all the preparation. It can feel like we\u2019re all spinning a million plates trying to get everything just so, as well as \u00a0finishing up our projects and work for the year – there\u2019s a lot of pressure!<\/p>\n

This can make even the most Buddha-natured of all us feel a bit, well, edgy to say the least. I\u2019ve found myself snapping, feeling a little run down and generally like I\u2019ve taken on way too much for a short period of time, and it\u2019s frankly making me feel a bit antsy.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure that you\u2019re much more even\u2013natured than I manage, but it really is worth remembering at this time of year, that we\u2019re doing all these activities, running around and doing all of these crazy busy activities, mostly for others. And the best gift you can give to others is your time. Every other resource is renewable \u2013 we can always make more money, but we can never make more time.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s a clich\u00e9, but this Christmas, see if you can give the gift of your presence. Your mindful, conscious, best version of who you are. This Christmas be the person inside yourself you\u2019re proud of. Be the one who your younger self would be proud to see, and gift the gift of your time. If, like me, you don\u2019t have a big family with children, give the gift of time to those who you are grateful for.<\/p>\n

We all have someone to be grateful for, and if you\u2019re not sure who that is, maybe spend the day at a homeless shelter, and you\u2019ll see that none of us are on this journey on our own, we all have someone to be grateful for.<\/p>\n

Have a wonderful, peaceful, happy, healthy and abundant Christmas!<\/p>\n

With love,
\nKat and Team MFML xx<\/p>\n

\nps. it’s not too late to\u00a0Give the Gift of Movement<\/a>: you can give up to 11pm on 24th December and still be in time for your recipient to receive it in the morning when they wake up! And don’t forget, subscribers get 50% off all gift subscriptions.<\/div>\n
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