~ Beautiful Ways To Share Your Love ~

While the media has been offering consumer tips about early shopping in the face of supply chain challenges this year, I wanted to give an alternative perspective:  

This year is an opportunity to transform our habits from consuming and buying more of what we don’t need to a mindful and intentional practice of reciprocity and sufficiency. 

• Shop in the House: Find treasures or objects in your home that hold meaning and re-gift them to your loved ones with a special note as to why you chose that particular book, scarf, talisman, jewel, piece of clothing, textile, etc., and why you wanted to gift it to them.  
   
• A Gift from the Heart: Make something by hand or showcase your talent. This might be a photograph, a work of art, a composition of music, or a homemade dish. 
   
• The Gift of Philanthropy: Consider gifting money to your children or grandchildren with the intention that they find a cause, person in need, or a charity that they wish to give that money to in support of something they care about. Part of the gift is then making the time to talk about who or what they chose. 
   
• The Gift of Time: Create a certificate or a booklet for someone you love to spend time together. Perhaps it’s a gift certificate that honors a future time to make a meal and spend an evening together or take an afternoon to hike or have a special outing together. 
   

What if the supply chain interruption is a disguised gift to remind us of the endless supply chain of love and well-being that’s right at our fingertips? 

What if it’s about reclaiming our sufficiency to draw from resources we already have and to share those resources with others? 

What if it’s about noticing that what we crave isn’t another material thing but instead it’s about bringing more presence to our lives and sharing ourselves in mutually beneficial ways with those we care about?

With love and blessings, 
Lynne Twist