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    No More Holiday Blues
    No More Holiday Blues
    No More Holiday Blues
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    No More Holiday Blues

    By Wayne W. Dyer

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    Shows readers how to recapture the true spirit of Christmas, Hanukkah, and other holidays, offering specific ideas for overcoming self-defeating attitudes, rekindling childhood excitement, and making holidays experiences of joy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 28, 2010
    ISBN9780062012890
    No More Holiday Blues
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    Wayne W. Dyer

    Wayne Dyer PhD is one of the most widely read authors in the field of self-development. He received his doctorate in counselling psychology from the University of Michigan. He has taught at the teaching hospital of Cornell University Medical College and co-authored three textbooks and numerous professional journal articles. In addition to being an author and teacher, Dr Dyer is a social commentator and has appeared on over 5000 television and radio programmes in the US.

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      No More Holiday Blues - Wayne W. Dyer

      Introduction

      Ilove the holiday season more than any other time of the year. It is a very special feeling when I know that we are closing in on Christmas and Hanukkah. I have many wonderful memories of being a child at this time of the year, and that child inside of me is still very much alive and kicking today. One particular incident seems to stand above all of the others. I always did my own shopping as a young boy, even though it was often completed with very little money. I can remember going to the dime store and spending hours looking for a present for my mother. Ultimately I ended up with a glass powder holder with a small deer on the top. The total cost was eighty-five cents, yet it was something that I felt so proud of as a small boy. I took home the deer powder container and wrapped it up without the benefit of a box, and then placed it under the Christmas tree and for days teased my mother to guess what I had bought her for Christmas. She would hold it in her hand and turn it over several times always saying, I just can’t guess, but I’m not going to open it until Christmas morning. Inside I couldn’t wait for the big day to arrive for everyone to see what I had picked out to give. I always wanted them to open their presents early, because the wait seemed endless for me. Today, some thirty-five years later, my mother still has her precious memories of that glass deer powder holder that I bought as a ten-year-old boy.

      The message of this book is all wrapped up in that little anecdote above. If you can get back to that time of your life when you were a child, enjoying every aspect of this glorious season, you can rid yourself of the holiday blues permanently. As a child, the shopping was something that filled you with excitement, and you were able to ignore the crowds. The time you spent decorating, wrapping, celebrating, worshiping, and being with your family was a pure delight. You still have that child inside of you, and you can let him/her escape at this time of the year and rekindle that flame of ecstasy rather than choosing to be gloomy over the holiday season. During this special time of year I regularly urge myself to let the children’s laughter remind me how I used to be. This is a central theme of this little book. Remember how you used to be, each and every moment of this holiday season, and try hard to provide everyone with the seeds for future memories of a glorious holiday.

      Each of the four chapters of this book offers a very special message to you at this time of the year, and is designed to be of specific help in making this the best season for you and those you love. My objective in writing them was to provide useful ideas that can be implemented every day. If you decide to follow some of the suggestions offered throughout the pages of this book, I am confident that you will find yourself having the time of your life, rather than drearily awaiting the end of the holidays.

      The first chapter sets the stage for making this the best holiday season ever. It is written with the idea of rekindling the childhood flame that burns in each one of us, even though you may have let it become dimmer over the years. If you take on some childlike attitudes this holiday season, and use some of the specific strategies offered in this chapter, you will see yourself embracing the holidays rather than being a victim of them.

      In Chapter 2 I have detailed many specific ideas for turning this time of the year into a no-limit experience for you and all of your loved ones. It focuses on helping you to shift around self-defeating attitudes and to look for the joy and ecstasy that is inherent in all celebrations, regardless of your ethnic or religious background. You can make the decision to have a no-limit holiday, and I have provided many suggestions to help you do just that.

      The third chapter will aid you in taking advantage of each and every present moment that you have throughout the entire holiday time period. It examines the folly of making New Year’s resolutions, since all of us live our lives in present moments rather than present years. The now is quite simply the working unit of your life, and learning how to live in it totally, will help you not only during the holiday season, but through each and every now of your life.

      The final chapter deals with how to avoid the holiday letdown, and to turn what often becomes a negative experience into something to love and enjoy. The holiday-season letdown must be viewed as a choice, and consequently it is something that you can also choose to disavow. It is a self-defeating choice that many people make at this time of year, and I guarantee you that if you follow the suggestions in this chapter you will shift this holiday season from an experience of pique to a peak experience, without even having to make a big effort.

      Today I view the holidays through the eyes of my five children. I watch how they jump with excitement every time they see Santa or Hanukkah candles or festive lights in the neighborhoods. I glow inside and out as they talk about what to get Mommy or Grandma. I stop to take in the fantastic smells of cookies baking. I love to see their faces as they stop thinking about their own little problems and totally tune in to this time of the year. They love everything about it. They can’t seem to get enough of it. That is the joy for me—to see others basking in the beautiful messages of this holiday season. Whatever your circumstances in life, wherever you live, regardless of how things used to be, this is it…. This is your only holiday season to celebrate. If you stop for a moment to think about what you can do to make this particular season the best one you’ve ever had, you will find the way to make it happen. That’s what this book is all about. Indeed, as you look around you this year, look with new eyes at how to make it all work for you, and while you are at it, let the children’s joy and laughter remind you how you used to be.

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      The Holidays Are for Children

      So Be a Child Again!

      Remember how excited you used to be about the approaching holiday season? How you would get all knotted up inside with enthusiasm and hardly be able to contain your anticipation? Remember how you thought that it would absolutely never arrive, and how thrilled you were to participate in all of the events that made up the holidays for you? In case you’ve forgotten, the holiday season was once the most delightful time of the year for you. And the reason that it was so delicious and fun had to do with your being a child and consequently looking at the world through childlike eyes. You didn’t judge the seasonal activities, you

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