Be a Serenity Star: An Intention for the Christmas Season
This year, I’m trying something new.
I’m creating a practice:
Be a Serenity Star.
Right about now
I usually start “Christmas Thinking,”
that endless rumination
on the infinite ways
to do or not do
the things I believe
are required for a
(Perfect) Christmas.
Despite my efforts every year
to manage Christmas Thinking,
I deplete myself.
I lose sleep. At both ends of the night.
But this year instead,
when I find myself
getting caught up in what
doesn’t really matter,
I’m choosing to
find a Serenity Star,
which is:
1. a soft illumination
in the sky or field or mind
that guides me back
to the Present Moment.
2. someone with an inner light
that illuminates a kinder way
and welcomes me back
to my true self.
This is a practice.
Something to return to
a thousand times a day
if need be.
Find a Serenity Star.
Follow a Serenity Star.
Be a Serenity Star.
Peace,
Cheryl
serene artist 