Time to reflect.

Time to share.

Time to give.

Time to look up and be present.

Now, and all year round.

“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before!

“Maybe Christmas”, he thought, “doesn’t come from a store.

“Maybe Christmas … perhaps … means a little bit more!”

― Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.” – Benjamin Franklin

“It’s not what’s under the Christmas Tree that matters, it’s who are around it.” – Charlie Brown

Are you stressed?

Stress can be good for you.

It must be the right sort of stress though.

Too much stress can be debilitating.

It depletes energy and decreases performance.

That type of stress feels overwhelming.

It is negative stress.

There is stress that is positive.

Eustress (interestingly pronounced “you-stress”).

This is the stress that pushes and motivates.

It energises and improves performance.

It is a challenge that you can handle.

The excitement of a project.

The fulfilment of organising an event.

Doing something interesting.

Learning something new.

Get some stress in your life.

The eustress kind.

“Role models who push us to exceed our limits, physical training that removes our spare tires, and risks that expand our sphere of comfortable action are all examples of eustress—stress that is healthful and the stimulus for growth.” – Tim Ferriss

“Retire from your job but never from meaningful projects. If you want to live a long life, you need eustress, that is, a deep sense of meaning and of contribution to worthy projects and causes, particularly, your intergenerational family.” – Stephen Covey

You want to create something new.

Try something different.

Step out of your comfort zone.

Take a new direction.

Transform and evolve.

There has been no progress.

Otherwise it would have happened by now.

You know what needs to be done.

You’re not doing it.

There is resistance

There is fear.

Good.

There will always be resistance and fear.

They are along for the journey.

Especially for the stuff that matters.

“The more important a call or action is to our soul’s evolution, the more Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.” – Steven Pressfield, author of “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain