The new year is approaching fast. How do you feel about it? This is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the past and plan for the future. To motivate you for the upcoming year, we have a quote from Harry Soosaar that captures the essence of renewal and growth.

“We do not leave the past behind as the year ends. We carry it with us, enriched by the lessons we have learned. A new year does not create miracles, but it offers us a fresh start, with new hope and possibilities.”

Harry Soosaar

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This week's Care Package 

(Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, and other nutrients for these challenging times.)

A Guided Meditation for New Beginnings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYbXfL34o5Q

Article: 35 New Year Affirmations For Hope & Possibilities

https://zannakeithley.com/new-year-affirmations/

Rock n Roll Homeroom Playlist: Fresh Start Songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPNTC7uZYrI&t=21s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_rB4v75jqU&t=7s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENIpBp1YQhY&t=6s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQetemT1sWc&t=2s

Need a reminder of having an attitude of Gratitude?

Check out Steve Hartman's A year to remember video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utySAe7mdwc

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Wishing you a most beautiful day and new year wherever this may find you!

Here's to endless possibilities and hope!

 Can a Train Conductor inspire us to believe in the magic of Christmas? That is what The Conductor from The Polar Express does with his memorable quote. It encourages the idea that the true spirit of the Christmas season is not only found in the visible and tangible aspects of gifts and decorations but also in the intangible qualities of belief, joy, and love.

“Seeing is believing,

but sometimes the most real things in the world 

are the things we can’t see.”

The Conductor, The Polar Express

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This week's Care Package

Meditation of the Week:
A 20-Minute Holiday Meditation for Presence, Love and Light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMTLrmHKjKA

Article: Seven Ways to Cope with Holiday Stress
https://www.psychiatry.org/news-room/apa-blogs/seven-ways-to-cope-with-holiday-stress

Inspiring Story: On the Road: Hope for the holidays

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VumKim-tWIk

Rock n Roll Homeroom; Christmas Playlist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3o_AKdw8jY

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"Haid joule ja head uut aastat"; "God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År" ; "Buone Feste Natalizie" ; "Feliz Navidad" ; "Nollaig Shona Dhuit" ; "Joyeux Noël"; "Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan" ; "Saint Dan Fai Lok" ; "Froehliche Weihnachten" ; "Kala Christouyenna" ; "Een Plesierige Kerfees"; "I'd Miilad Said Oua Sana Saida" ; "Merry Christmas" ; "Happy Hanukkah" ; Happy Holidays 

Remember to trust in your abilities and potential, 

and use your creativity and imagination to 

achieve your goals and dreams.

 Welcome to the Quote of the Week ~ Your weekly dose of positivity!

Can a creature with a soul resembling an overwhelming dump-heap, teach us the values of sharing, giving to others, inspiring positive change, fostering tolerance and compassion, and revealing the true spirit of Christmas? The Grinch, with his insightful perspective, proves that indeed, he can!

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"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. 

Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!" 

Theodor Seuss Geisel, How the Grinch Stole Christmas

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This week's Care Package

Meditation of the Week
You Are Life Itself — Guided Meditation with Mooji
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vMEoPgg-PE&t=531s

Rock n Roll Homeroom Christmas Playlist
Vintage Christmas music by a cozy fireplace; Thanks to  Nemo's Dreamscapes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dYGFY0hLrc

Article: 12 Important Lessons from 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' for Twenty Somethings

http://www.whenlifegivesyourubi.com/2015/12/12-important-lessons-from-how-grinch-stole-christmas-for-twenty-somethings.html

Inspiring Christmas Commercial: A Holiday to Remember | Chevrolet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnZGEUA4oBk

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!

Remember this Holiday Season to Focus on Joy! 

 "Go Straight to the Good in Everything " is a short phrase that summarizes the main idea of this week's quote by Baltasar Gracián and can serve as a motivating motto, uplifting slogan, or calming mantra. As we approach the occasionally overwhelming holiday season, keep both the inspirational quote and the empowering phrase in mind. They can serve as reminders to prioritize the positive and overlook the negative and cultivate a mindset that can enhance our ability to appreciate and celebrate the upcoming holiday season.

 Go Straight to the Good in Everything

 "It is the happy lot of those with good taste. The bee goes straight for the sweetness, and the viper for the bitterness it needs for its poison. So with tastes: some go for the best, others for the worst. There is nothing that doesn't have some good, especially books, where good is imagined. Some people's temperaments are so unfortunate that among a thousand perfections they will find a single defect and censure it and blow it all out of proportion. They are the garbage collectors of the will and the intellect, burdened down with blemishes and defects: punishment for their poor discernment rather than proof of their subtlety. They are unhappy, for they batten on bitterness and graze on imperfections. Others have a happier sort of taste: among a thousand defects they discover some perfection that good luck happens to drop."

Baltasar Gracian

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This week's Care Package 

(Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, and other nutrients for these challenging times.)

Meditation of the Week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W19PdslW7iw

Article: Give yourself the perfect gift: Trim your holiday stress

https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2023/nov-holiday-stress-news-tip.html

Need a half hour of INSPIRATION? Check out these short stories 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcVukrsP7Hg

Rock n Roll Homeroom; Vintage Winter Oldies

Thanks to Nemo's Dreamscapes;  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbyq_OyEQdI&t=25s

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!

Just like bees seeking sweetness, focus on the positives. 

Let this quote inspire you to celebrate perfections amidst

imperfections during this joyous time.