Three Principles Institute "Keeping That Holiday Feeling All Year Round" - Dr. Mark Howard December 2025
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Dec 9, 2025 Explore the magic of maintaining holiday feelings year-round. Discover how gratitude, generosity, and togetherness emerge during festive times. Learn about the impact of habitual thinking on our natural state of love and contentment. Hear heartwarming stories of connection, including a poignant moment in a grocery parking lot. Delve into how small acts can create significant ripple effects in our lives. Reflect on the innocence of children and how it reminds us of our innate capacity to return to love.
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True Nature Is Loving Energy
- Our true nature is an energy of love, gratitude, and togetherness that naturally produces holiday feelings.
- Thinking pulls us away from that nature and is the primary barrier to sustained happiness.
Prayer In The Parking Lot
- Mark describes meeting a man praying outside a supermarket and his wife's openness shifted his skeptical thinking.
- Dropping habitual judgment let Mark feel the man's calling and the love in that encounter.
Happiness Is The Default State
- Sidney Banks said the most unnatural human state is to be unhappy, implying happiness is our default.
- Silence of personal thinking allows that natural happiness to surface.