As the Christmas holidays approach, it’s easy to get all wrapped up in shopping, Christmas gifts and increasing our bounty of material things.

While this year is a downer in so many ways … the pandemic, fires, smoke, protests, a divided political environment … maybe we can turn it to a positive.

Maybe it will force us to revisit our expectations to focus on what’s most important to a fulfilling life … the friends and family relationships that enrich our lives.

Maybe it will help us pay more attention to what we have and NOT what we don’t have.

The good news? YOU get to decide.

YOU get to decide what’s important. What you can do for others and what you can live without.

You can end the year we’d all like to put behind us by putting friends and family ahead of everything else.