Christmas is a time for relationships, with yourself and others. Socially, it is a time for sharing with family and friends. And, for some, it can be lonely and spent alone. Others may feel lonely, even if they are in the company of family and friends.
For many, Christmas is also a time of consumption and consumerism – for attempting to fill up the emptiness inside in a way that is meaningless, so perpetuates feelings of emptiness.
Christmas can be a time for choices, for not doing what you don’t want to do, for choosing what you do and who you want to do it with. It can be a time of solitude, retreat, being with yourself; a time for meditation, going inwards, taking stock. You can choose.
This is a good time for examining expectations; yours of others and others’ of you. It is also a good time for asking yourself what Christmas means to you and celebrating it, or not, appropriately, in a way that is true to you, whatever others choose to do.
Maybe Christmas is a time for serenity.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
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I feel so much the same way that you do Wendy, about God. I get very frustrated when everyone automatically assumes that I am a Christian and back away in revulsion and fear when they find out that I am not. I was forced to go to church as a child and was also made to believe that I would burn in hell if I didn't believe in Jesus. This is the way most people come to be Christians. Through fear and threat. I believe that God lives in each of us. I also believe that there is a creator of this world, but not in the Christian sense. I think that people need to respect everyone's beliefs and stop judging a person for what he or she does not believe. Until that can happen, I don't believe we can ever have true peace.
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