presence

I have been present in a number of settings recently where people groused rather than expressed gratitude for the holidays.  The refrain, "I hate Christmas" is expressed every day by some one in my circle of associates.  I can understand that for many the holidays dig up a lot of bad memories from childhood.  Or perhaps bad marriages dig them up.  But the past is just that. Past! To continue letting what happened "then" determine what we see and feel now, is like raiding the refrigerator for week-old left-overs rather than eating the freshly prepared meal tha[...]