My Secret Christmas Ritual (which has improved my life immensely)

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Tradition is a big part of Christmas. I´d say, for most of us, tradition defines Christmas.

I believe in Traditions that bring out the best in us; I also believe in creating NEW traditions that add peace, beauty, love, and evolution to our lives.

For that reason, and because I like to start each new year with a light heart, this is what I started doing, each Christmas (my Secret Christmas Ritual):

1. I look around, at my life, and see whom have I wronged. Have I hurt someone, knowingly or not? Have I been unfair, cruel, less than my best self?

If so, I reach out to the person in question. I say "I´m sorry for...".

It takes a good dose of introspection and humbleness; our ego doesn´t like it. Sometimes, I feel resistence - "why should I be the one to say I´m sorry when..." - but I do it, anyway. What I lose in ego, I win in soul.

2. I look around, once more, and check who are the people - romantic partner, family, friends, students, colleagues, fans, nice strangers - who support, cherish, and have loved me and supported me the most. Once more, I reach out and tell them "I love you".

Again, being vulnerable, the first to step up and expose her/his feelings, isn´t comfortable. But I do it, anyway, independently of the answer that may or may not come from the other side.

3. Last, but not the least, I MEDITATE for at least 20 minutes and during that meditation I THANK LIFE/GOD (whatever you may like to call it) for this existence, the blessings that surround me, for the past-present-and future.

Since I started doing this ritual, I realized how much we tend to live from our heads-pride-egos and how little space we give our HEARTS and SOULS. A lot of the anger, depression, and restlessness that we carry around has to do with the "luggage" we carry around (words unsaid, things undone, feelings unexpressed; closed hearts and souls) .

Drop the luggage. I mean, NOW.

In the end, the questions remain:

How much have you loved?

Have you shown up, consistently, as your best self?

And, let´s not forget, would you rather be "right" or happy?

This Christmas, I choose Happiness.

Nope, let me repeat, it´s not easy, especially when the ones who surround you aren´t in the same open-soul/heart mindset. But, then again, you gotta do what you gotta do.

This Christmas Ritual, my Secret (well, not so secret anymore!), isn´t public. I don´t usually talk about it, I just do it in the background, privately. It doesn´t require an Instagram post or a Facebook ad. It just is.

And it changes the whole game. My whole life.

What about YOU? Do you have a Secret Christmas Ritual? Share it with me.

P.S: Merry Christmas

My Secret Christmas Ritual (which has improved my life immensely)

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