I want to talk about love today.
I can feel it in the air, so many people have been searching for the perfect gift for the people they love, my Facebook feed is starting to fill up with posts of gratitude, everyone is on the move, and taking time off work to see the people they love in person.
There are others who are reacting strongly to all of that love in the air.
Some aren’t able to be with the people they love, they haven’t yet found their people, or the people who they are with are distant, emotionally unavailable, or fun squashers… all of the love in the air stings, because they feel it too and they dread Christmas.
Some are silently suffering because their bodies are somewhere and their hearts are elsewhere.
I’ve spent Christmas’s on both sides of the fence.
Todays blog is a simple reminder that if you are lucky enough to be caught up in all of the love, be grateful and love your people hard…soak in the moments, capture all of the photographs in your mind, and let the love blast from your heart like a care bear stare.
If you are hurting and reacting to all of the love you see but can’t participate in, then by all means you have every right to feel sad, depressed, angry and maybe even a little bitter. Have a good solid ugly cry, and then fight for the light.
Force yourself to find a silver lining. Dig hard for any small thing you can be grateful for, even if it’s just the air you breathe. Search hard for any evidence of kindness and goodness you have been witness to and cling to every moment of grace.
May you all make the most of whatever this season has to offer you.
I love you fiercely.