Sugar plums dancing in your head? Parties for hosting, marshmallows for roasting, and caroling out in the snow taking up all your time? Post-Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Festivus is a time when friends come calling, family visits are on the horizon, and...

Will you join me in denying the belief that when abundance "falls in my lap" it's magic, but when it comes to disappointment it's 100% my own doing.

Rather, is it possible that we are vessels for both? I suggest it is our own force of will and grace that allows us to ma...