A Case Of The Holiday Blues

*Not Mine!! I found it in a magazine, and I loved it!*

I'm sad this Christmas and I can't quite figure it out. Maybe it's because everyone expects so much of me. I have to please everyone.

I have to please my friends.

I have to please my family.

I have to please my church.

And I'm not even pleased with myself.

I feel so pressuered around the holidays. Where is it coming from?

If this is supposed to be a happy time of year, why don't I feel happy?

What's wrong with me?!

HEY, WAIT A MINUTE!!

There's nothing wrong with me.

Christmas is not about what I should feel or what Christmas ought to be.

Christmas is what Christmas is to me.

It's simple.

It's a manger, a stable, love, a Savior.

It's a holiday season taht I create, that I celebrate the way I want, that let's me feel what I feel. It's what I choose it to be.

It's me sharing the love what brought about that first Christmas.

I can let go of all those expectations (other peoples' expectations).

Yeah, that's more like it.