Give Someone a Magical Christmas
Season’s Greetings! It’s the festive time of year again for (more) good will and good cheer.
I’ve always felt more reflective near the end of the year, it seems a time for me to reflect and review on the year before and plan ahead for the year to come.
And when it comes to buying gifts for friends and family, I prefer to eschew buying widgets. I like to take advantage of the season to give something a little more personal to the people dear to me.
Here’s something you and I can do to give someone a magical Christmas, a gift that comes from the heart instead of a store. It’s something easy to do and only takes a few moments.
Write someone a Christmas letter, card, or email and in that letter include the completion to this sentence:
Who you are makes a difference to me because…
And write down how this person is making a difference in your life.
The above line comes from one of the stories in the Chicken Soup for the Soul
Variations and other things to include in your letter are:
I appreciate you for…
I want to thank you for…
I’ve always admired you for…
I’ve really liked that time we…(mention something done this year).
I feel we don’t nearly tell enough the people we love how important they are to us and why, and the little quirks and strengths they possess that endear them to us. It only takes a few minutes to let them know, but it can make the biggest difference.
And seeing that it’s only 7 days away from Christmas (minus the time it takes to post a letter!) the best time to start writing is now!
Great analogy. Relationships need time to develop and the right understanding. Most of us probably have been through unsuccessful relationships and it’s most likely due to lack of understanding of the opposite sex.
This is very helpful. It shows that our relationships pretty much depends on our understanding of the personality of our partner. Thanks for sharing this.
It’s quite similar to what I’ve heard and read by David Deida in his books ‘The Way of the Superior Man’ and ‘Intimate Communion’.
Excellent books covering the same topics in great depth.
The Chinese concept of Yin and Yang is very similar to the concept of “duality” in Socionics which goes on to explain how two partners compliment each other in this type of relationship. Sometimes described as a separated androgynous pair in they way that they can come together to promote self-actualisation.
Very good post. The two polarities are perfectly complementary to each other!
M x
http://theartofbeingfeminine.blogspot.com/
a good theme, and you can read more
This post is far from true. Although it sounds logical it is too simplistic in its viewpoint. Many women are, in fact, very attracted to men that are more feminine in nature because of this type of man’s ability to relate on deeper levels with a woman, in essence, “they get a woman.”
This post is old school and too general in thought and does not reflect reality. Personalities of the human race are too vast to compartmentalize in such a way..