What life expects of us is that we celebrate.
RECAPPING THIS WEEKS, HOW CELEBRATING EACH DAY IS GOOD FOR OUR HEALTH? PLUS, THE BOOK TEN-MINUTE RELAXATION FOR MIND AND BODY.
Hello Followers,
Happy Sunday!
Wow, it is hard to believe that next Sunday is Christmas.
It seems like the older Dan, and I get, the faster the years go.
This leads me to some fun Christmas facts that happen now and long ago.
Did you know that each year, 25-30 million real Christmas trees are sold in the United States alone!
There are about 15,000 Christmas tree farms in the United States, and trees usually grow for between four and fifteen years before they are sold.
And in the Middle Ages, Christmas celebrations were rowdy and raucous.
A lot like today’s Mardi Gras parties.
Oh, and did you know that Christmas was cancelled, from 1659 to 1681.
Dan and I found this interesting, the celebration of Christmas was outlawed in Boston, and lawbreakers were fined five shillings.
Also, Christmas was declared a federal holiday in the United States on June 26, 1870.
This is for eggnog lovers.
The first eggnog made in the United States was consumed in Captain John Smith’s 1607 Jamestown settlement.
And did you know Poinsettia plants are named after Joel R. Poinsett!
He was an American minister to Mexico, who brought the red-and-green plant from Mexico to America in 1828.
Dan and I went grocery shopping the other day, and there was the Salvation Army display in front of the store, but no Santa Claus, instead there were three high-school kids playing instruments.
It was delightful to hear Christmas music instead of a ringing bell.
The Salvation Army has been sending Santa Claus-clad donation collectors into the streets since the 1890s.
Oh, and Rudolph, “the most famous reindeer of all,” was the product of Robert L. May’s imagination in 1939.
The copywriter wrote a poem about the reindeer to help lure customers into the Montgomery Ward department store.
Who would have known this, construction workers started the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree tradition in 1931.
As we continue to celebrate this holiday season, Dan and I are starting a new series; HOW CELEBRATING EACH DAY IS GOOD FOR OUR HEALTH?
Completion is the triumphant achievement of our objective and our signal to proceed forward to the freshness of discovery.
There are five good reasons to celebrate more often.
The first, celebration helps us stay in the present where our power is.
By celebrating the completion of every small step, we leverage the powerful energies of gratitude and momentum.
Thomas Edison taught us that even each mistake along the way is cause for celebration.
Life is all about the journey, and that means that every step, as well as reaching our destination, is part of our journey.
Celebrating at every juncture is recognition of a life well lived and well worked.
Tomorrow, second good reason to celebrate-
RECAPPING THIS WEEKS, HOW CELEBRATING EACH DAY IS GOOD FOR OUR HEALTH? PLUS, THE BOOK TEN-MINUTE RELAXATION FOR MIND AND BODY.
Enjoy life. Celebrate life.
Celebrate what you want to see more of.
Celebrate your life, you are your own light.
Good food is a celebration of life
Life is too short not to celebrate nice moments.
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
DECEMBER 18th, Dan, and I thought on continuing this segment with the series with some fun; What is it about December that is so significant during this month?
Hanukkah Begins – December 18, 2022
Hanukkah is here with us and this year, the eight-day festival will be marked from December 18 to 26.
Hanukkah is part of the Jewish festival also known as the Festival of Lights.
It commemorates the victory of the Jewish people over the Greeks in the Maccabean War and the rededication of the second temple of Jerusalem.
The festival lasts eight days and starts on day 25 of Kislev and ends on the second day of Tevet.
Kislev and Tevet are months in the Jewish calendar.
The observance is also known as Chanukah, but Hanukkah is more widely known.
Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world and the first of the Abrahamic religions, wherein the conception of God remains a common feature.
It is often difficult to separate historical fact from myth in ancient stories, but the Jewish texts and scriptures are a valuable source of information.
They give us hints about the social and economic conditions prevalent at the time they were written.
Hanukkah (meaning ‘dedication’ in Hebrew), also known as Chanukah, is a festival that began around 164 B.C.
According to Jewish beliefs, the festival has its roots in the story of the rebellion of the Jewish people against their Syrian-Greek oppressors.
The area was then a part of the Seleucid empire.
The Seleucids were not tolerant of the religious views of Jewish people.
They tried to forcefully convert them into idol worship and make sacrifices to Greek gods.
This enraged the Jewish community to such an extent they took up arms in retaliation.
This resulted in the revolt of the Maccabees, a group of Jewish warriors, who defeated the Seleucids, took control of Judea, and reclaimed the temple.
The story goes that when the victors entered the temple to light the menorah (a multi-branched candelabra and an important symbol in the Jewish religion), they could only find one day’s worth of oil. Miraculously, this oil lasted for eight days until they were able to bring more.
The eight days are celebrated annually to commemorate the miracle of the oil burning for eight days and the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
Today, the festival is celebrated throughout the world by the Jewish diaspora.
Time is precious and is priceless, so Dan and I will continue each day to pull from a box of 365 inspirational quotes, one quote and share with you.
Today is:
ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST. WHAT YOU PLANT NOW, YOU WILL HARVEST LATER.
Today Dan and I will be continuing the book, Ten-Minute Relaxation, For Mind and Body by Jennie Harding.
Whenever you are feeling under pressure, ten minutes is all you need to relax totally, using tools that are always with you; your senses.
This book is packed full of wonderfully simple ideas and exercises for using sight, taste, smell, hearing, and touch and that vital sixth sense of intuition to rebalance your energies and bring you back into harmony with the natural world around you.
Identify your favorite sensory relaxation solutions and combat that stress!
Per Dan and my experience this is another component in keeping ourselves healthy, meditation.
By using your five senses, you can learn to relax in just ten minutes.
CHAPTER 2; THE SENSORY JOURNEY; TOUCH
TOUCH THE ESSENCE OF CARE-
SWITCHING ON THE SENSE
Continuing today, NECK AND SHOULDER RELIEF
Neck and shoulder massage allows the area to be warmed, stretched, and gently worked.
It works best if you receive it from someone else because you cannot easily reach the key areas yourself.
If you are giving the massage, make sure your friend is comfortable with what you are doing.
Keep checking as you work.
Keep your movements smooth and slow.
This is much more deeply relaxing.
This simple neck and shoulder routine can be done fully clothed.
Tomorrow the massage sequence will be posted.
So, it works well anywhere you happen to be.
Find a chair with a stable back, sit comfortably, and lean on the back for support.
The person giving the massage then stands behind you.
Tomorrow, NECK, AND SHOULDER MASSAGE SEQUENCE/TEN-MINUTE EXERCISE
The PHRASE TO REMEMBER; Health is Wealth.
We stand by this and continue to do daily; walk, meditation, and Qigong.
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WHAT LIFE EXPECTS
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Until Monday, it is always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it.
To remember where you come from is part of where you’re going.
