Santa, Baby (Maggie)
posted by Maggie Shayne
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
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Well, this week I was nagging everyone because some blogs didn't appear here when they should.
And as always happens, what you focus on is what you get, because I only just now realized it was Thursday and my turn to blog! And it's 6:45 PM.
Um. Yeah. My hiney's showing. Sorry broads.
Today I'm going to share an exercise with you. This exercise combines principals of the Law of Attraction with two holiday traditions; New Year's Resolutions, and letters to the guy in red.
You, my friend, are going to write your own Dear Santa Letter.
Now there are some rules. You have to tell Santa everything you can think of that you want for yourself. Not what you want for other people. Not what you want for the world or the planet or the universe. Just what you want for YOU. And not just for Christmas or Solstice or whatever you celebrate, but for the entire calendar year 2008.
And another rule. Don't be unselfish. Don't get that phony baloney holier-than-thou attitude that says anyone who has abundance is robbing someone else of it. It's untrue. There's plenty for all, and since wanting something is what begins the process of creating it, you cannot cause lack by wanting, you can only cause more abundance. Desire is the beginning of creation. You see it, you want it, you think it, and it becomes. Everything in existence began as a desire, and as a thought, before it "became."
So pretend, just for the sake of this game, that you have the power to write this letter to Santa, and that everything you write will come to you. Just pretend, just for a little while, as you write your letter. Can you do that? What if you could have anything you wanted? (Don't freaking tell me world peace! I told you, it has to be for you.)
Take a shot. Write a Dear Santa Letter, and tell him things like---Oh, like, "I want a classic Corvette. Convertible. Red. And a heated in-ground pool, with solar panels to do the heating, and the most luxurious hot tub I can imagine, and all my debts paid in full, and a three car garage, and new living room furniture, and for my books to be written almost effortlessly, and fast and easily, and for the process to be fun and exciting, and for the books to be the best ever written, and for them to sell like hotcakes, and hit every list, and be the most beloved books in history and---"
Uh. Okay, maybe you figured out that stuff all came from my own personal Dear Santa letter.
So try it. It might be fun to post some of it here, but if that's going to make you less likely to say what you really want, then don't share it. Or just share the cute parts.
Come on. Talk to Santa. Tell him what you want from his magick bag of tricks.
Reminds me of my favorite Xmas song. Santa, Baby!
Patricia Potter
Tara Taylor Quinn
Maggie Shayne
Anne Stuart
Suzanne Forster
Lynn Kerstan


















7 Comments :
Dear Santa,
I would like for you to bring me this year Johnny Depp for a sperm donor, then make him stay. My 2nd Gift i would like a reasonably size in- ground pool to go behind my 3rd gift A new house with a wrap around porch on a 5 acre privet lot I feel like i diserve these things for all the crap i have put up with over the years from my self centered husband. If you think i'm being greedy just send me my first gift and he'll get the other 2 gift's for me I do believe in you Santa and i haven't ask for much over the years so i'm counting on you to come threw for me. ho!ho!ho!
I loved this blog! I think its so true, we all forget that you need to ask for things for yourself first. That doesn't make you selfish, it only makes you happier and therefore in a better place to give. Just my 2 cents...won't list my long Dear Santa but I did write one for the first time in a very long time. Thank you! Happy Holidays Jen :)
Dear Santa,
Well first I would like to have my carpets replaced, and new flooring put in. I want a room added on to my house just for me to have a library. There are other things on my list but those are just for me to know, just because.
Wonderful post! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Santa baby,
I would like no debt, improved health, a hot tub for my achy muscles and bones, discipline and energy to write on the weekends and in the evenings after my day job (that I love and want to keep!), happiness for my children and their families (I know that's for them but it will make me happy too!), and so much more.....
thanks for the post Maggie--it's a good one!
pattie
Aw, asking for things for myself would, according to my sister-in-law, truly make me the "most self-centered person" she knows. But if you're single, without children and ill to boot, whom am I to not be self-centered. But at least my sister and her daughter say I'm not selfish and never have been.
(This judgment comes from someone who always had her husband change diapers, who needed quiet time for herself when she got home from work and woe betide any of her 3 children who bothered her. And... Well, I think you get the picture.)
I'd like to ask Santa for more energy to do the things I need to do. For health in general. A nicer, bigger apartment or house in a quiet area would be welcome too. I need enough space to have a large, large library for all my books, thousands of them. I also need the money to have somebody care for all this, unless I get the energy. I'd also like to have a car again and be able to travel.
Great requests to Santa! I'll make sure he reads them! =)
Maggie
My list is a very long one, so I'll hit the high spots.
ebook reader
new car
insulation under my house so my feet don't get cold
some new clothes, shoes,etc
gift certificates for books
a new kitchen stove
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