‘Tis the season for gift giving. Will that one liked the gift I got them? What does this one want? Did I remember everyone? What about the candy and goodies I make? Did I make enough? Did they turn out ok? Did I stay within my financial limits?

We can make ourselves crazy. Right?!? The good news—our lives are filled with people that matter to us that we want to honor and acknowledge. Bad news—we forget to honor and acknowledge our own selves. We get stressed and burned out like a melted candle that we lit days ago and forgot to blow out.

Well, it doesn’t have to be this way. We can be giving and celebratory without burning out. Lists can be helpful so we don’t have to try to remember every little thing. Yet, try this even more powerful tool/technique . . . Bring a new level of awareness into play. We’ve talked about awareness and expanded awareness before. This ramps that up even more. When we are in the state of elevated expanded awareness, the little things remain the little things.

Awareness asks us to notice something nearby. This moves us out of rumination or feeling distressed because it brings us present in this moment and aware rather than caught up in overthinking and fear.

Expanded Awareness invites us to notice Divine Energy within our being and around us. Divine Energy holds great power as it is from this energy that all things exist and move. Expanded Awareness allows us to focus our intent and create change in the world around us.

Elevated Expanded Awareness invites us to notice, with gratitude, the harmonic of Love that moves in us, around us, and through us. We know gratitude holds great power for amplifying energy and intent. When we use this gratitude as a lens to look through we notice the harmonic of Divine Love . . . Holy Wow!!! Divine Love exists everywhere in every thing! Divine Love shines through the darkest days and the longest nights! Divine Love flows freely through our own bodies bringing us renewed health and vitality. Notice Divine Love with deep gratitude and healing happens! Maybe not fully in this moment, but even in this moment, we feel better—more connected, more alive, more joyful.

We can then see Divine Love flowing in everything and everywhere! Our past conditioning trains us to see what’s wrong. We see what’s wrong with the world and what’s wrong with ourselves. Yet, that’s not the whole truth! Beautiful energy of Divine Love threads its way through everything! You may not be able to see it with your physical vision, yet you feel it when you seek it with deep gratitude. Breathe and Behold! Honor this Divine Love within self and everywhere. Holy Wow!