Been talking with a lot of people about this thing called christmas spirit, and as an adult am finding that there are very little people that have it.
Most of us is completely drained from a difficult year that has just passed: what with jobs being lost, difficult times at work, not much money to grant our or other's wishes, relationships that ended, people we lost...and this economy that is taking too long to get back on its feet.
Christmas is a difficult time for people who have, for a period of time, lived it as a horrible part of the year. When others near us got everything and we didn't. I myself, always found it a magical time, even if as a child I didn't have much, I've always taken into my inner circle only the important people in my life and made the most of it, and this is still today...I try, as hard as I can to give a smile to people around me. I seldom give or expect gifts, but when I do, it's usually made by me. It's more personal and fulfilling, at least for me it is.
This time of year is also the end of a period of time and the beginning of another. It's a time when we draw conclusions, we make wishes and try to believe that it will be different from January 1st, that we will cross a magical door that will take us to a land of new opportunities, and that if we are lucky we don't need to change a thing in our behavior or our lives; because we've made promises and resolutions that will be buried in the year that has just passed, and the new year, with its new beginning's powers, will make everything all right again.
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