Looks like a lonely Christmas day for me, folks. And because I thought that I was going to be with the kids at least part of the day, it's too late to make other plans. I'm going to make the best of it though. It helps knowing that my D's love me and know how much I care about them. At least I have THAT going for me!
Keep building on that attitude, Matt. Keep building on finding the positives, even with all these bad things and uncertainty, we/you are very privileged, here is a list I found that helped me re-gain perspective during my difficult times:
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You are alive. You didn’t go to sleep hungry last night. You didn’t go to sleep outside. You had a choice of what clothes to wear this morning. You haven’t spent a minute in fear for your life. You know someone who loves you. You have access to clean drinking water. You have access to medical care. You have access to the Internet. You can read.
And here is another I recently read:
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Everything that happens helps you grow, even if it’s hard to see right now. – Circumstances will direct you, correct you, and perfect you over time. Sometimes these circumstances knock you down, hard. There will be times when it seems like everything that could possibly go wrong is going wrong. And you might feel like you will be stuck in this rut forever, but you won’t. When you feel like quitting, remember that sometimes things have to go very wrong before they can be right. Sometimes you have to go through the worst, to arrive at your best. Because our most significant opportunities are often found in times of great difficulty. Thus, you will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle.
Please do lots of good, special things for you on xmas day. Is there a church service on xmas day you could attend? A homeless shelter you could volunteer at, a soup kitchen?
Our kids are older, they are seeing the truths of the sitch, both sides... trust that truth always makes itself known, sooner or later.
Have a great Xmas, remember the real meaning and you won't be alone.
In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. - Albert Camus
Uncertainty is the very condition which impels people to unfold their powers.-Eric Fromm
