It’s the holiday season. And if you’re anything like me, you’re stressed to the max.

There are parties, family gatherings and my favorite — gift-buying — but my to-do list just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

I recently learned that it's called the hurried life, and I want to share with you its definition: When we have a continuous struggle to accomplish more things and participate in more events in less time.

Basically, we want to do it all. Unfortunately, we can't.

But this holiday season, I want you to do me a favor. I want you to step outside and just breathe it in.

I live in the most beautiful place. But when I got out of my garage in a hurry to get to the basketball game in town, I missed the autumn colors right across the road.

I exercise on the Katy Trail, and trust me, sunsets walking here, when you see that tilled farmland, is a site that is so beautiful, it takes your breath away.

I serve the greatest people on Earth: farmers and ranchers. But in my hurried, crazy, deadline-driven day, I sometimes miss the photos I take that show the bounty that they produce.

So, I hope this holiday season that you take a moment to just step outside, look up and be thankful. Then head back into those crazy friends you have, or even crazier family, and enjoy the holiday season because life is too short to be in a hurry. Happy Holidays!