Recently I watched a video on Facebook of a little girl opening a gift. As she ripped the wrapping paper off and unraveled the ribbon, she opened the box. Inside the box was nothing but a small pink paper clip. Immediately the little girl smiled from ear to ear holding this paper clip close to her heart. She kept saying, "Thank you mommy, thank you so much. I love it, I love you!" Long story short, the little girl did not care what was going to be in the box. All she cared about was that her mommy gave her something and that she was going to treasure whatever it was.

This is called gratitude.

I think it's super important to remember what is really important especially around this Christmas season. Sometimes we get distracted by all the holiday store commercials and advertisements that we forget the true meaning of Christmas. It does not matter what you get, what matters is that someone thought of you. Christmas is about love, family, and thankfulness. It's Jesus's birthday! So all I'm asking is during this Christmas season try not to get too caught up in the material objects, but to focus more on being happy that you get to celebrate another holiday with your healthy loving family. On that note, Merry Christmas!