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Borrowing a line from a favorite movie… White Christmas… we should count our blessing each night instead of sheep.

Yet, I truly believe that happiness comes from a deeper conscious place than our blessing or lack of.  I’ve read several books on happiness over the last year – written by economists, psychiatrists and researchers.  (My favorite book on happiness I am rereading right now – the Art of Happiness by Howard Cutler and the Dalai Lama.)  All these sources agree that our conscious decisions to cultivate happiness through relationships, attitude and health are some of the most powerful influences on our mental/emotional state of happiness. 

I saw this video on Jaclyn’s blog and thought it very fitting for the season… a little note of grace in what can be a time of excess and focus on what we “have.”

To borrow another line… from the (financial planner!) David Bach – first we should focus on what we want to BE, then what we want to DO, and lastly, what we want to HAVE.

So…

Merry Christmas!

Happy Chanukah!

Joyous Kwanzaa!

and mostly:

Peace, Love and Joy to your families!