My Holiday Wish for You

[melissag]

Great post, labug. Since I am a newbie, I don't really have any tried and true ideas for how to manage the holidays, but I will say that we all need to take the pressure off ourselves. The holidays are just holidays. I know it is hard, because we see all these commercials about buying wives/husbands cars and jewelry, and the ones with the picture perfect family (2.2 kids, white picket fence, Mom and Dad, dog that doesn't bite, shed or pee on the carpet, all blissfully happy). And then we go to the mall or out to eat, or even the grocery store, and it seems like everyone is a couple and they are all holding hands and looking lovingly into each other's eyes.

Look, it's like I say to my kids, when they compare (Moo-ooommmmm! J's cookie is bigger than mine!): don't worry about your brother/sister. Worry about yourself.

Well, it's the same thing here, right? Even setting aside the fact that almost nobody has the picture perfect life you imagine they do, who cares what anyone else has? How does someone else having something you don't affect you? Would it make you feel better if all people were lonely, miserable and sad?

Does it $uck to be a LBS? Yes! But I am going to try to pay attention to me and what I DO have. And that's a lot. Is it everything? No. But if we constantly put all our focus on the things we don't have, we are missing out on the joy of the things we do have.

Also, I highly recommend yoga . . . it has been a lifesaver for me.