Recognize it for the joy it brings

Christmas joy starts the day after Thanksgiving. Its a holiday that brings us joy for a whole month. A whole month to feel the love and good cheer every day. The Christmas tree all lit up sets the mood making you holly and jolly in an instant. The excitement in the kids as they talk about what they might get on Christmas morning fills the room. You have to stop every chance you get each day to feel the joy that's around you. You could be surrounded by it yet go through your day at such a fast pace that you missed it. The only way to feel it is to stop long enough so you can. The fast paced world we live in has made us to busy to see the simple things in our lives that could bring us the love and joy to our lives. The old saying STOP and smell the roses, should be what we say to ourselves each and every day. Take the time to STOP and enjoy life while you are living it.