Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast Monday Morning Moments with John

O'Leary. We record these each week so you and I can begin our days. And of course,

our weeks in awe and on fire with a burst of inspiration.

Let's get after it with a question.

You ready?

Are you ready for Christmas?

Are you ready for Christmas?

At a packed great clips last week, I was reminded that sometimes it's the seemingly insignificant conversations

and the simple questions that remind us to recognize what matters most.

With the holidays nearing and not being able to make eye contact with my boys due to their hair covering their eyes,

it was time to load up the car and get these teenage boys a haircut. It was time, people.

As little boys, they hated going because how the discarded hairs itched their neck

and their backs afterward.

As they've aged, they just don't like going because they like longer hair.

Thanks, COVID.

Despite their slump shoulders as they entered and saw spoken as she worked,

the silas could not have been sweeter to my boys. And thanking her afterwards for how she made

them look and how kind she was to them. She asked a seemingly simple question. It's one I asked

you at the beginning of this episode. Are you ready for Christmas?

Now, I don't think she was actually curious if my house was cleaned, if the tree was up, or if the

dinner rolls were ordered. I don't think she was really interested if my suits had been ironed,

if the shoes had been polished, or if the last few weeks of Advent

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