Tuesday
It is about this time of the year that my spirit usually spirals seriously downward.
NIN downward.
Christmas commercials that are out of whack with reality and songs that say I should be happy do anything but depress the living shit out of me.
That said, I am fortunate and blessed although I don’t often realize that I am.
I have family.
I have three beautiful daughters that love me and are home on Christmas.
I can hug them and tell them that I love them.
I can cook delicious foods that we will all share.
I have friends that stop by on Christmas Eve to join in a celebration of the simplicity of love.
And yet I continue to bitch about anything and everything.
It takes a very special friend to tell you that you are a total Holiday tool.
And I am.
Why I am the Grinch that I pretend to be sometimes eludes me.
Maybe it’s easier being Grinchy than happy.
Or maybe I have to look at the true meaning of the holiday.
This video touched my inner core.
I cried and had goosebumps all over my body.
He is the Reason for the season.
The sooner I truly accept that in my heart, the better off I will be, I guess.
Seems I have already accepted.
That didn’t take long . . .
~m
ps. Thanks to my friend GerryM for the video link!
I know I call you a Grinch and give you grief about it, but I don’t really believe you are {it’s an Aussie thing…we see a small opening and we take the piss, what more can I say??}
If I was totally honest I think it’s more that you’re someone life has kicked more times than you care to admit, so it’s far easier to say bah humbug at the end of a long, trying year than say you’re struggling to deal with crap.
Christmas as with any other celebration is what we make it. Nothing more and nothing less.
We need to look into our hearts, ignore the garbage around us and enjoy what we do have as opposed to what we don’t or what we think we want.
I was told once that to make a success of anything, all you need to do is KISS it.
Keep it simple stupid.
Works for me!
:love:
Sounds to me like you’ll have a wonderful Christmas!
Thanks for sharing the song too…. impressive.