40 days until Christmas

Ask Siri 'How many days until Christmas?' 'It's 40 days until then' is her reply. Does reading that cause you to feel panic and to want to deny that it's actually true?

The 40 days before Easter (for many) are for penance and preparation and are tempered with the joyful anticipation of Easter Sunday.

The 40 days before Christmas may feel like penance too. We may have

• undone things that we want to finish before the end of year

• unresolved issues that we had hoped to smooth over

• uncertainty regarding our circumstances

• unbelievably high expectations of ourselves and of others that feed into this

If you have

• more to do than you feel you have time or capacity for

• something or someone robbing you of energy as you prepare

• a burden that negates your joyful anticipation of Christmas Day

Do you wonder what it would be like...

• to try to prioritise or to delegate

• to let go of the impossible and focus on what is possible

• to take action by noticing how you are feeling, what you are thinking and how you are behaving

• to try to understand and find meaning in that and

• to take responsibility for bringing about change

We hope that Christmas joy will be yours and that if needed, individually or with us together, you find a way to instil joy in your Christmas again.