Making Your Holiday Gifts Ever-Green
by Jennifer Joe

After reporting about and recently participating in the Parade for World Peace led by Arun Gandhi, Mahatma's grandson, I'd been thinking even more about how I can live and “be the change we wish to see .”

“The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi.

During the holidays, this quote brings to my mind a metaphor of gift giving, as being either that fragrant flower or thorny with over-consumption and the drawbacks that go along with that (debt, stress, etc.).

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Healthy Holiday Tips

News & Views Freshly Picked by Jennifer Joe

During the holidays we gather with family, dear friends and our community; sharing, reflecting and celebrating. This month's section offers some tips for food and drinks, resources and even eco-decorating ideas to help with healthy holiday entertaining. Stir in some love, start with fresh locally grown, organic ingredients and let your culinary creativity play!

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Be the Change

Be the Change You Want to See in the World is a daybook for helping us keep our hearts and minds open to all that lives.

For every day of the year the author, Julie Fisher-McGarry, offers “personal anecdotes, inspiring quotations, verses of poetry, simple vegetarian recipes, women's health tips, environmental facts, and green thoughts—each just a small thing that you can do to have a positive impact of the world.”

Here are a few excerpts from her book.

Dec. 13—Great Friends are the Best Gifts

The ornaments of a house are the guests that frequent it.

—Anonymous

  Dec. 24 - Peace and Goodwill to All

When the relatives start arriving, take a deep breath, give sincere hugs and smiles, and see the best in everyone. Ban gossip and bad mouthing right from the start; every one of us has faults, let's not air them. Either change the subject, give the person a task to do, or simply tell them, plainly and directly, that this is the season of goodwill.

December 25 - Have a Gentle Heart

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

—Indira Gandhi

Most of us have so much “stuff” these days so why not make this the season that your family gives to those less fortunate.

Ask your child to give one of their gifts to a less-fortunate child.

If you host a party ask friends to bring a gift suitable to donate to a children's charity, nursing home, or an animal shelter, instead of a hostess gift or bottle of wine.

Donate some of the money you would have spent on expensive champagne or liquor to a local soup kitchen or hostel for the homeless.

Your local newspaper may print more ideas for those in need, please don't ignore their requests. Be generous.

Whether we celebrate a Pagan Yule, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or Chanukah, all across the world we must stop harboring resentment, hatred, anger, and mistrust. Religions must be about forgiveness, not violence and killing, and certainly not ethnic cleansing. Whichever holiday you are celebrating, be sure you are celebrating peace and love, laughter, hope, and contentment.

Health and happiness,

Julie Fisher-McGarry

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Cover Art Thanks

The circles on the cover are the work of Stephen Meile­—“Mother Mary” Energy Balancing Art. The shape generated frequencies of this piece are to help restore the divine feminine in our world. This painting broke a threshold in terms of calibrating the consciousness of the composition. Using David Hawkins, scale (author of Power vs. Force ) of 1 to 1000, the painting calibrates at 150,000. Learn more at www.mieleart.com

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Real Investing
Year-end Financial Planning ’06–’07

For many people the new year is a time to make personal resolutions for the year to come, like adopting an exercise regime or finally reading War and Peace. The end of the year is also a great time to think about your financial situation and take some important steps to plan for tax season. Although you don't have to face your tax forms until April, tying up your financial loose ends before December 31 will guarantee that you're in good shape when it comes time to file your return.

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My Story
By Louise Hay

Louise L. Hay is a longtime contributor to The Light Connection . It's something we really appreciate. As often as we have read her, after reading her story below, I was surprised at how little I knew of her life and the flow of it. We know she is the bestselling author of numerous books, including You Can Heal Your Life and I Can Do It. Her works have been translated into 29 different languages in 35 countries throughout the world. For more than 25 years, Louise has assisted millions of people in discovering and using the full potential of their own creative powers for personal growth and self-healing. Louise is the founder and chairman of Hay House, Inc., which disseminates books, audios, and videos that contribute to the healing of the planet.

Hay House is celebrating it's 20th anniversary in 2007. How Louise has accomplished this is as interesting and amazing as what she has accomplished.

Here she tells her story. It's from her new book, The Times of Our Lives (Hay House, Jan. 2007), which includes stories from Sylvia Browne, Joan Borysenko, Gregg Braden, John F. Dimartini, Wayne Dyer, John Edward, Caroline Sutherland, Doreen Virtue, Stuart Wilde, Candace Pert and many others.

First Louise describes her new book.

—Steve Hays

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