Today’s email is a follow up to all the Christmas emails.

Something I noticed this Christmas when we spent time with our family.

The world doesn’t stop on Christmas, but it does slow down.

And what happens when it slows down, we see what is important.

We see that gifts don’t matter. Thinking of others does.

We see that getting from point A to point B quickly isn’t important, but that our time is limited so we need to make the most of it.

We see that our family isn’t a bunch of crazy people. They are a group of people with potential for love and happiness.

We don’t count people as present to buy, but as lives we can influence for the better.

We don’t see harried shoppers trying to get everything done in time. We see smiles and laughter that can light up a room.

They say we need to stop and smell the roses. Maybe stopping isn’t necessary, maybe all we need to do is slow down a little and appreciate what we see when we do.

Jake