Healthier Holiday Makeover

What do they say about the best-laid plans?

After discovering the almond milk egg nog, I wanted to find another healthier version of a holiday favorite. Over the course of the week, I meant to check out some different ideas. 

Hasn’t happened yet. But something else occurred to me -- being a better version of myself.

We all know the holidays are hectic, often stressful. We’re out of our normal routines with holiday gatherings, family visiting or traveling ourselves.

And at a time of year when every commercial and song says we should be feeling joyful, the reality is sometimes very different.

I’ve been listening to the late Dr. Wayne Dyer’s book, There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem, and two quotes he shares have been very helpful to me when I remember to apply them in moments when I find myself less than joyful.

From A Course in Miracles, “I can choose peace instead of this.”

And from Richard Carlson, “Choose to be kind over being right and you’ll be right every time.”

If I consistently applied those two statements whenever I felt like doing or saying something quite the opposite, I’d be the healthy holiday makeover.

Wishing me, and you if you need it, the strength of character to be my own healthier version.