What's on your reading list for December?

I've just finished reading this book on grief recommended by my therapist that I started seeing earlier this year.

A quote from this book:

A steady practice builds the internal heat with which we are able to warm the contents in the container. We must learn to both modulate the fire and feed the fire. Modulating the fire means that we must pay close attention to our internal states. Too much fire and we burn out, the container breaks, and we lose the work we have begun. At the same time, we want to feed the fire sufficiently to keep the work moving.

The Wild Edge of Sorrow  by Francis Weller - the Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Word of Grief

This part towards the end of this book really resonated with me, not just in terms of the process of grief but also life itself.

As we go through the strangest times in our life, we need to keep the fire in our life going too, remembering the good times so that we can keep the hope for the future going like a flickering light always 'burning' just enough.

Just like I mentioned to my client the other day, keep planning ahead because eventually, we'll be able to enjoy more of what life has to offer.

Make that list of 'wishes' just like when you were little, waiting for the day when we might find our wishes turned into reality under the Christmas tree.