And So This Is Christmas And New Years

Probably because I have heard this refrain so often this year, I wanted to write about it a little.  I just researched it and as far as I can tell John Lennon sang it.  What I was really looking for was who wrote it.  I didn't find that so perhaps Lennon wrote it too.  What I did find out is there is another title "The War Is Over".  I am not sure perhaps the tune was taken from a song called The War Is Over. 

Because the theme is almost always associated with starving children on the telelvision, I find the song produces a guilty feeling in me.  I have decided to go a little deeper and look at these feelings.  O.K. So This Is Christmas And What Have You Done??  What have I done? Hopefully the best I can.  In the past year I have had more gratitude for my life and the people in it.  Wonderful, inspiring people have come into my life this past year.  Perhaps some of them have been there for a few years and I just became more aware of them this year.  This past year I have worked on my acceptance; acceptance of myself and others.  When I am more accepting of myself it is so much easier to be accepting of others.  I feel that I have taken down some of the walls that have been there for so long that I couldn't remember life without them.  These walls served me well when I needed them, so slowly removing them is a little scary and I find I can resurrect them quickly when I feel threatened, but at least they are movable now.

I don't have any New Year's resolutions this year except to work for progress not perfection and acknowledge this progress when it happens instead of playing the old tapes in my head; the ones that say you could have done more, you could have done better, you are not good enough.

Happy New Year Everyone.

Sunday, January 1, 2012..............2:03 p.m.