How interesting, as I’m writing this we are heading into Christmas week and in looking back I was heading into Easter weekend.
Both celebratory holidays.
I started Easter morning with a nature walk and had messaged my daughters.
Holidays, like birthdays and anniversaries tend to be times of reflection and retrospect. They also offer a good time to use the looking back to move forward.
I had accomplished a lot by Easter.
My health had recovered, which was the most important thing to me. My job was stable and thanks to my medical benefits I was able to get all the tests and treatment I needed.
My activity was good. I was walking daily and supplementing it with my indoor bike. I started playing racquetball again, so socially I was engaging there and on Thursday’s with trivia.
My reading, writing and thinking were focused on my posts, my Turin book, and my Life Compass Alignment.
Everything within my control was going well. My relationship with my daughters was at a stand-off. I wanted one, they did not. There was nothing more I could do than to leave messages and hope they would respond. To date they had not.
During the holidays, for all the cheer and celebration there tends to be equal amounts of anxiety, stress, frustration and remorse.
Often these arise from having a focus on negative events and those outside one’s control.
You need to be aware of negatives, but not at the expense of all the positives, which often go overlooked and unaccounted for.
Was my life perfect at that point? No. Was it markedly improved? Yes. Was it moving in the right direction? Yes.
Most of all, I could say that I was content, and being content was what I needed to live a life well-lived. I also had direction, and knew what I was seeking to do moving forward.
Do you reflect on a regular basis or more during holidays and other significant times?
Are you content? Do you know what content is for you?
Ross Raymond Nunamaker 