As the holiday season goes into full swing, I see commercials that advertise things that picture people wanting and embracing a particular product.  Some of the items that take center stage relate to a make over of sorts for your home or for yourself.  Picturing oneself wearing prized jewelry, a fashionable piece of clothing or buying a long yearned for appliance that would equate to happiness, is what we receive via these messages.  I am always amazed at the lengths that some of these companies will go in trying to get someone to invest their hard earned money for their particular product.  If only such a purchase could really have the residual effect of happiness, then the whole world would be buying this left and right. Joy and happiness during the holiday season, is usually part of a conversation that involves someone giving as opposed to receiving.  I also noticed a statement from a well known spiritual author Dr. Wayne Dyer, who stated that, "We do not attract what we want; we attract what we are."  This declaration also poses some additional areas of reflection, in seeking not only our life's purpose, but also what it is that could make us happy and content.  Many people spend a good majority of their lives seeking that illusive thing, that they feel could bring them either a breakthrough or the next level of satisfaction in their lives.  It has been proven time and again, that the actual searching is what can bring the most happiness and the journey is where most of our answers lie to the many of our life questions.  Therefore, as you absorb all of the media that is coming at you, whether it is in print, on television or on the internet, remember that what is attempted to be sold to you can possibly bring you joy, albeit temporary.  The full satisfaction associated with your life's fulfillment, harmony and happiness comes from a place that does not cost a penny.  Only you can bring true joyful illumination and inner peace into your life.  It does not have a price tag and you cannot order it by mail or download via your computer.  Take the commercial ads with a grain of salt and pledge to give more of yourself and to others as you reap the rewards of the true meaning of this wonderful season.