There’s a debate going on in my home and I’m wondering what your stance is about this.
My son is of the opinion that as soon as we hit November 1st, the Halloween decorations must come down and Christmas decorations must go up.
“But what about Thanksgiving?”
I assumed it was an oversight on his part.
“Oh no, we can skip Thanksgiving decorations and go straight to Christmas.” He stated matter of factly.
Now i was annoyed. I love November and Thanksgiving.
I don’t want to go from skeletons and cobwebs to snowmen and jingle bells! What happened to fall leaves, warm colors, and all things gratitude?
To my kid, Thanksgiving is a one day situation. We have dinner and we’re done. In fact, November is “nothing more than a barrier to Christmas we must get through — so you might as well ignore it and make November a longer lead up to Christmas.” (His words, not mine)
After a long back and forth, we agreed to disagree. His bedroom is now screaming Santa’s enchanted while I’m clinging to pumpkin spice.
But this debate got me thinking about a bigger conversation, and that’s how tempting it can be to gloss over certain seasons in your life.
You may gloss through the week just to get to the weekend.
Or you may gloss over the moment just to snap a social media worthy pic.
Many people gloss past the difficult conversations just to pretend things are okay.
It’s easy to gloss over what may seem mundane, uninteresting, or downright painful just to get to the part we like. That may be okay for a kid whose excited about Christmas — but it doesn’t work for us adults.
Because the older you get, the more you realize life passes by too quickly, and if you fast-forward too much of it, you’ll miss living. Whether it’s mundane, uncomfortable, or painful — the lessons are usually in those moments. Those are the times where awareness, growth, and transformation happens. Those are the moments of SHIFT that reveal more joy than you thought was possible in your low-grade comfort levels.
I refuse to bypass the season of Thanksgiving, or any other season in my life. I’m living it fully, no matter how boring or uncomfortable it may seem.
This November I challenge you to do the same. What parts of life are you glossing over that may rob you of living fully?
