Taking The World On With A Smile!

“Love is the transformative power that turns our brokenness into something beautiful.”   Meg Casey

Taking the world on with a smile is no small task when you are trying to do it every day. Let’s face it; no one can be that cheerful, not even at this time of year. Oh, how I try though. Everyday I get up, make a conscious effort to smile and I tell myself, it’s going to be a good day. But as happy as the holidays can be, they are not always the easiest of times. They can get very stressful.  This year they raced in like a roller coaster full of emotion, filling my head with memories that make my heart long for things that used to be or yearn for how I would like them to be. Sometimes I find myself feeling down. I don’t think I’m alone. I think many of us are affected by the season, in one way or another. It’s hard to pick yourself up and pull yourself out of the darkness. So when things start to get a little bleak, especially this time of year, I look for the magic.

The holiday season really is a time filled with hope and wonder. Possibilities abound and if you believe, it truly can be a magical time.  I believe in Christmas magic and I believe you don’t even have to celebrate Christmas to find it. If you look for it, you will find it but you really have to be open to it. You have to want it, expect it and maybe even make it happen for someone else before it can happen to you. It’s like when it’s a cold, dreary December evening and you’re exhausted, feeling overwhelmed by what needs to be done and can’t imagine doing it. The phone rings and on the other end is a dear friend who you haven’t spoken to in two years for no other reason than life getting in the way. He makes your day in a big way. I guess you can look at it as just another phone call or you can see it as magical because it really did lift your heart and make you feel good when you really needed to.  That’s magic, isn’t it?

Sometimes just knowing that someone you care about is out there thinking about you is all the magic you need to get through.  It’s called love and if you keep your heart open, it will surely find its way into it.

Christmas magic is love and love has the power to turn something broken into something beautiful.

Now, that’s a gift.

Christmas Magic, you can give it and receive it.

I believe in it.  Do you?