'Tis the season......to be what? Are you going to be a major grumpola because you have to wait in line for 10 minutes? Are you annoyed that your Christmas lights are tangled or broken? Are you already complaining about the cold weather? Commercialism? People who don't say "Merry Christmas at the stores? Please! Spare me! No more complaining! I don't care how righteous it sounds. What I am doing right this second is also complaining. I'm complaining about complainers!
I don't hate democrats. I don't hate republicans. I don't hate anyone for that matter, yet how many emails do I get in a day that hates one of those, I can't even tell you. I don't care about Jon and Kate, Adam what's his name, tiger woods, or even who shot J.R. I simply want to live my life in peace, enjoy my blessings, stick my graying haired head in the skirt of my Christmas tree, and thank my God that I'm alive.
I don't really want to know what is ticking you off right now. I just want to hear all the good stuff that you are keeping from me. I don't want to hear the latest slam on a celebrity that I will never meet, nor do I ever care to. I would love to hear something that I want to repeat! Something good. Something helpful. Something positive. Something real. A something that can only come from your heart. Love, maybe?
Why am I so annoyed already? I can just feel it coming, and this time I am prepared. Not only do I not want to sweat My small stuff, I don't want to sweat anyone else's either. I am taking a stand against whiners, complainers, and grumpy gomers!
Really, some days I can tolerate this, and some days it just gets me. I guess as I gaze at my Christmas lights and come off an absolutely blessed weekend with my family, I really don't have room for negativity. This is a crazy mixed up world, it's true, but we aren't to be a part of that, are we? Isn't there something better than this world and all it's trappings? I think so.
So, I remind you again, as I did last year. Do not be offended when someone says Happy Holidays. That is what it means. It has nothing to do with our God. It is simply an all emcompassing greeting to cover 2 holidays in one. Please don't assume that every one and every school and every business is against God. They simply are not. If we continue to think that way, we are doomed to find something wrong with everything and everyone. If it really gets under your skin, then YOU be the person that stands in the cold, ringing a bell, and YOU say Merry Christmas as loud as you want to. You be the example!
Please try to have a meaningful Christmas this year. Find your blessings, be a blessing, and if you catch me being a grump (and I can be,let me tell you), please print this out and hand it to me with a great big smile on your precious face.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours!
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