I hope for you that these next few days are good, time spent with family and loved ones, and a day to pause with thanks. We know for some these days are not easy, or it’s simply not that simple.
To anyone heavy with the weight of things missing or fractured this Holiday season, it doesn’t mean you’re ungrateful or not thankful.
It only means you’re human.
We can lose things in this life. Things are taken. Things break and leave and we are kept from what we love. We are kept from peace.
To anyone heavy with the weight of things missing or fractured this Holiday season, it doesn’t mean you’re ungrateful or not thankful.
It only means you’re human.
We can lose things in this life. Things are taken. Things break and leave and we are kept from what we love. We are kept from peace.
If this Holiday finds you more aware of what you’ve lost than what you have, this is for you, a note to say you’re not alone. There are others who feel what you feel.
Perhaps this Holiday finds you with the same faces as one year ago. And when they ask how you are or if anything is new, perhaps you wish you had some different answers. Answers that sound like change or pride or progress. Maybe you wanted this year to be about change but not a lot has changed. Maybe changes came but they were not the ones you hoped for.
It’s okay. Where you are and what you feel and what you wish was different. It’s okay.
You’re still here and these few days will pass. Things can still be new. There is room for healing and surprise ... and even room for change. Be brave. I hold my glass up to toast you as I offer the metaphorical cycling phrase I most say to myself. I offer you a heartfelt, "Hold your line".
Perhaps this Holiday finds you with the same faces as one year ago. And when they ask how you are or if anything is new, perhaps you wish you had some different answers. Answers that sound like change or pride or progress. Maybe you wanted this year to be about change but not a lot has changed. Maybe changes came but they were not the ones you hoped for.
It’s okay. Where you are and what you feel and what you wish was different. It’s okay.
You’re still here and these few days will pass. Things can still be new. There is room for healing and surprise ... and even room for change. Be brave. I hold my glass up to toast you as I offer the metaphorical cycling phrase I most say to myself. I offer you a heartfelt, "Hold your line".
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This is my first Christmas not with my family - and with my fiance's family (still kind of odd for saying that!) and this is exactly what I needed to hear right now! :) CHEERS!
Change is inevitable
Change is life
Many resist it, but change will happen ... so,
It is best to view change as good
The doors that open with this positive attitude will make all the difference as we approach the next inevitable, life change.
Happy holidays!
Thank you for the reminder to always be grateful for what we do still have and to focus less on the losses we have experienced in the last couple of years. I'm so very blessed and this post and others have reminded me so.
Good words. I lived this last year and can echo this with a hearty "amen."
Have a great Christmas!
You have a way with words Carole, you always either make me laugh or squeeze my heart. I am thankful for you! This post is so well written and well said - so thank you.
Merry Christmas!
Glass Half Full-it's all perspective. But I know too, people sometimes foget how difficult the holidays can be for some. Hoping yours is wonferul :)
Great message Carole... as always, you have a way with words. Hope the holidays were a good one for you! :)
Beautiful words that are universally understood. Sometimes it is good to know we are not alone in our struggles, our pain. Merry Christmas.
Eloquent.
Great message here!
Love this...
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