Obligations

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 Good Morning I hope this finds you looking forward to a weekend of non-striving. Actually given how close we are to Christmas chances are you are going to be doing last minute shopping and rushing around - just like everyone else.

Have you also noticed that this time of year we are often pressured to do things we don't want to do? We are invited to go to Great Aunt Mabels for dinner, or round the neighbours for drinks and fat laden food stuffs.

Do you really want to go or are you just feeling obliged that you should?

One way to tell if the invitation/acceptance is obligatory is how you've felt in the past after spending time with these people. Do you come away feeling positive, happy that you spent time with them? Or was it a real downer, where they had nothing nice to say about anyone or anything?

Of course you also need to temper your attitude to these occassions. If you are not a socialite, chances are going to be good that you won't enjoy large gatherings of loud, raucous over indulgence.

Do you feel guilty about going - thinking you should be doing other things? Well if you have planned and used your time well, then this one shouldn't be an issue, not this year.

But and here is the thing about today's DDOMM - do you consider your close family a part of those obligatory sessions that you need to go to at this time of year?

My family is 12,000 miles away - a day in the air, and there are times when all I want to do is knock on my mum's door and go and have a cuddle....I don't mind admitting that at the age of 40 something, sometimes you just need a hug from your mum.

But sometimes we treat our families and our close friends with the same cheerful disdain of a distant neighbour. We remember the past hurts and the pain, and we are too proud to put it to one side and say, hey, we may have differences in the past, and you know what I'm not even sure I remember the exact reasons why now....but i just wanted to say that I do care about you you know. And if you can use the L word, then all the better....but i know that not everyone can.

Christmas is supposed to be a time for giving,  and what better than the gift of kindness, care and yes even Love....

Christmas is a time - forgiving.....

With many thoughts

Elle

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