The Greatest Christmas Gift (Monday Moments ep. 213)
Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
John O'Leary
4.9 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2019
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
Join me every Monday for a quick burst of inspiration on our “Monday Moment” segments.
This time of year often creates stress and disappointment for so many. We're focused on the stuff -- parties, food, presents -- and missing out on the things that really matter. The true joy, peace, and love that are often born in the least likely of places.
This Christmas week, I challenge you to take pause. Take time to celebrate the amazing gifts of your life. It’s the greatest gift you’ll ever open: that regardless of what you encounter today or face tomorrow, there is reason to rejoice, celebrate and sing out. [Tweet this.]
I wish each of you a healthy and happy holiday, a very merry Christmas and a joy-filled New Year. The best is yet to come.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, my friends, and welcome to Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary for this week's Monday moment. |
| 0:14.2 | We create these to help start your week on fire with a quick burst of inspiration. |
| 0:19.5 | Almost 10 years ago, on December 23rd, I was doing what many |
| 0:23.9 | procrastinators are doing on December 23rd. You ready for it? Shopping. That's right. I'm at the mall |
| 0:30.3 | shopping for my family last minute gifts, presents, that kind of stuff. Christmas music was playing, |
| 0:39.5 | Santa was in the foyer, and the mall was bustling. Apparently, I wasn't the only one who had waited. Well, while in line to |
| 0:46.4 | checkout, the woman in front of me turned around to witness an overmatched dad trying to |
| 0:52.1 | corral his three young sons. She looked at me pleasantly and said, |
| 0:57.7 | Oh, don't worry. In a couple of years, they'll get it. They'll get it. I smiled and I looked at my |
| 1:05.7 | wide-eyed little guys. I looked at their innocence, their sweetness, their unbridled energy. |
| 1:11.3 | They were probably five, three, and one at the time. It was impossible to imagine being more on fire with hope and joy |
| 1:19.9 | in real life than those little boys. I looked back at her and said to this lady, thank you. |
| 1:27.0 | And then I said, you're probably right. |
| 1:29.1 | But sometimes I think they might actually get it better than the rest of us do. |
| 1:34.4 | My friends, so frequently this time of year, we race from store to store and from party to party. |
| 1:41.5 | We tear open present after present. |
| 1:43.9 | We often, I think, give out of a concern that |
| 1:47.2 | someone else might be bringing us something. We don't want to get caught empty-handed, do we? |
| 1:52.4 | So what does it mean to really get it this season? Recently, a friend shared a story that |
| 1:58.1 | revealed to me the answer to this question. A few years ago, |
| 2:02.3 | Matt spent the majority of his Christmas Eve, not shopping, but taking his father to an oncology |
| 2:08.4 | appointment. The news they received was not at all what they'd been hoping for. As they left, |
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