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Hello and welcome to the choosing

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happy podcast. I'm Heather masters,

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and this is 100 days to

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happy. The stay seven.

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I want to apologize for day six. It's

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taking a little bit longer to pull together, but

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it will be there. With the full

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lens meditation. Where.

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Quickly drawing close to

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Christmas. It's a few days away

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now. And so the next four

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or five days. I'm going to focus

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on Christmas on holidays.

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And I wanted to

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start. With a bit of reflection.

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On how we can get through the season choosing

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happy. So join me.

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On day one. Of

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choosing a happy Christmas. Christmas

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is such a strange time

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of year. When we have all of these

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holidays and we make these

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great intentions to connect

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with family, to reconnect with friends.

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To reconnect with loved ones

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that we haven't been in touch with

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for a while. It's that time of

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the year when we hopefully.

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Stretch out an olive branch.

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I've got a suspicion that this year is a

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little bit different. There's

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massive divide around

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the world and in different

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countries. And families

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are being separated through

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their views. Through. There.

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Different beliefs. Around

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what's safe. What? Isn't safe.

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What's right. What's wrong. And

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what I want to offer. In this

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first. Short episode

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is to reconsider. And

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to look to unite because

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that's really what Christmas and

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the season is all about. Reconnection

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reuniting, putting

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aside. All of

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your. Disagreements

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putting aside. All

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of the things that you think

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separate each other. Ultimately

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everyone wants to share

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love, share connection, catch

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up with who people are at the heart

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of them. I catch up with the personalities.

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Really enjoy Take that time out

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to do something different too.

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Take time away from work. Take

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time to. Spend

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quality time with people. I

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think. Holidays have become

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an obligation more than

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doing something that we want to do.

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And even if it is an obligation, we still

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have a choice to say that we want

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to do it. We get to do it.

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And I think thinking about getting to do

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it is really important at this time.

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The people that we love may not be there

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next year, irrespective

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of how we feel about

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their views and their choices. It's

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a time of. Putting all of

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that to one site and seeing.

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Out loud that you love them taking

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the time to say out loud that you value

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them. I think it's a time of

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really looking at our relationships.

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Looking at our relationships with

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our family, with our friends and

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reevaluating them. If

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there is such a divide and your family

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just won't have anything to do with you

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are not going to invite you round,

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then it's time to re-evaluate

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how. Solid that relationship

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is One of the things that the last couple of

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years has shown us is

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who is there for you when

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the chips are down, who

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is standing beside you?

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And. Helping you through

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what you're going through while you support

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them. It's

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a good time. To take that

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pause and really reevaluate

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the relationships and decide which relationships.

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You want going forward? it

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doesn't mean that you. Uh,

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negative to those who no

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longer want you there. Send them love.

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Leave a little bit of a door jar

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so that if they change their minds, they can

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come back. Decide

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how you want to do that. It's

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not necessarily about closing doors,

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but it is about holding your own boundaries.

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Standing in your own truths. And.

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Recognizing. Who

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right now is right for you

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to be in your life. Christmas

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is also about expectations.

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Our expectations of how things

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should go get in the way when

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life happens. I

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love the phrase that when man

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plans, God laughs. Often.

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At Christmas in June the holidays.

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The greatest plans we make.

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Uh, Shift to one side

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by circumstances, whether

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it's weather that keeps us from

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getting somewhere where the roots work

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that calls us in to do that emergency

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thing. Our expectations.

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Often. Mean that when

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things go wrong. We

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are. Devastated. It's

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a real game changer for us, rather

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than going with the flow. And

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if something goes wrong, Working

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out how to make the best of it.

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What's the lesson. How can

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this be a positive thing for you?

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This time of year is especially about

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appreciation. Appreciating

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what we have appreciating

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the people around us. Appreciating

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life itself. And depreciating

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our relationship. With

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spirits, whatever that means for

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us, whether that's God, whether that's the universe.

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Whether it's life force, whether it's the divine.

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Appreciating that connection. And

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this year for me, I

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feel is the most important

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time in my life. To focus

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on that connection over

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the next, not just. Christmas,

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but over the next months and weeks

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and years, As we go through these

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many changes that are happening

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around the world. Face

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and connection. Is one of

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the most. Powerful

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ways to stay strong. To stay

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positive. And to stay happy.

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Raising your vibration to stay

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happy. A lot potentially could

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be a dark time. Is

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what can make the difference, not just

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to you. But to the world

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around you and to the planet itself.

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So let's focus on

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choosing happy. Over

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the next couple of weeks.

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As we go through Christmas and

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we go through the changes around

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the world. Let's focus

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on peace and love and

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compassion. For those

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who haven't seen and

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we'll see. Uh, for

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those who have seen. And

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cons cope. For

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those who struggle.

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Through this time of year, as it is. And

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who may struggle more. As

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things change over the coming

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months. Let's

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pray for them. Have compassion for them.

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Wish them well. Thank

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you for listening. If you liked

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Subscribe, and please leave

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so much for your support. And

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tomorrow we'll have another episode

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of the 100 days to happy.

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Under Christmas theme. Thanks

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again for listening. I'm Heather

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masters. And this is the choosing

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happy podcast.