Calendar of Care – How Will We Enter the Doorway of December?

How might we open our hearts during this holiday season to one another with intentional and meaningful care and compassion?

The art in the image above reflects a beautiful opening. I picture us crossing through this portal with a sense of vulnerability as we care for others through the month of December – the uneasiness of trying something new, the exposure of not knowing how things will turn out, the risk, the emotional exposure of putting ourselves “out there”. 

We have an opportunity to ask a caring question…and wait and listen for the answer. 

We have an opportunity to hug a little longer….

We have an opportunity to look in someone’s eyes and ask a caring question….

We have an opportunity to linger…. 

We have an opportunity to invite another to a conversation of care….

We have an opportunity to listen….

We have an opportunity to learn someone’s name that we encounter often and begin calling them by name….

We have an opportunity to reach out with a heart of care….

We are standing on a threshold and we can choose to enter with others with gentle care throughout the month. Each day I will offer an idea with the Calendar of Care of who or how we could reach out to another. 

In a month of full schedules and long to-do lists, we can choose meaningful encounters with others to offer a touch or word of care. Shine and sparkle my friends, you’ve got this!

Calendar of Care

Whether it is to offer a greeting, send a card, send a text, give a phone call, offer a prayer, or invite someone to coffee or lunch, below are some prompts to think of others we could lovingly care for this December as we walk through a portal of love and offer intentional care to another. You might even want to print a copy for yourself and/or print one for a friend.Make it easy on yourself…go to the dollar store or Trader Joe’s and purchase 31 cards and you are all ready for the month of adventurous caring.

Thanks to Nawal Ghali for allowing me to share her beautiful art with you.  You can view some of Nawal’s art on Facebook at Nawal Ghali Art or email her at nawal2sue@hotmail.com.

For December as we reflect on ideas of how to care for I will offer each day the idea from the Calendar of Care. You may follow me on Facebook or Instagram for daily opportunities. If you are not on social media, you may click on the button below and find the calendar through a downloadable PDF.