Special Words for the Holidays
Contributed by Jason Goldsmith
It is the time of year marked for the season of giving and with the times we are living in it is important for us all to remain tolerant and forgiving as well. As we look about ourselves in today’s climate of divisiveness it is easy for us to forget the importance of this holiday season. Regardless of your personal beliefs, this season’s holidays are given to us to remember those who have banded together for common causes of freedom, the acknowledgement of achievements and the recognition of sacrifice.
It is easy to look about ourselves and think about how we lack the money or resources to participate in the holiday or think there is nothing worth celebrating. We have forgotten the face of our forebears and the sacrifices they made for us to be here today and we are selling ourselves short. Look about you and ask yourself what grudges you might release by showing forgiveness. This shall lighten your burdens. Look about to see who you know that might need a kind word of support. This shall raise and inspire others. It costs nothing for us to share kind words. If possible, spend a little of your time to check in on those you know who are alone this season. You may be saving someone from misery or worse.
For many of us the season represents darkness, loneliness and suffering. We may feel the desire to isolate ourselves or even go so far as to mock others. Depression and anxiety during the holiday season are not unusual and kind words, deeds and hands reaching out in friendship can have a lasting effect on those who might feel forgotten, dismissed or hated.
Many of us might feel that forgiving others and being kind are tools of those who are weak or show we are giving in somehow. However, almost every study made on the subject, shows it to lessen stress. You are not excusing or forgetting the poor actions and words of others in the forgiveness…you are removing the control of your emotions from another and giving yourself peace.
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