Beating the holiday blues.

As the season to be cheerful and jolly bears down on us, as the holidays are here, many of us are in good spirits and just the feeling of being home fills us with warmth, but in this vast and varied world of ours, many of us are alone, many of us have some pain from the past revisiting us during these months, many of us feel bad about ourselves or the way we look, many among us can not be where we want to be, because of myriad different reasons and are feeling down and are feeling as if we have failed in our lives.

As many of us prepare to face our many fears, the main arsenal in our weaponry, should be the determined effort to uplift the spirit, let us all tell ourselves that come what may, this season we are going to have a great time, with or without the help of others, alone or in the company of others, however bad they may be. We have to look within ourselves first to find the power to celebrate ourselves, we need to reassure oneself that we are going to accept our internal image and our external image however much we ourselves disapprove of it. Since we are determined to have a good time and not be drawn to any pain from the past, and have decided to enjoy ourselves in spite of everything that may stand in between us and the things that make us feel good, let us lead different lives this season, let us be different, let us meet people who need to be met, let us be there for someone who needs somebody, let us share what we can to someone who needs sharing, does not matter how much we can but the effort in the sharing is what matters, let us volunteer at a soup kitchen, let us go around carolling with a church group where you don't know anybody, let us buy dinner for somebody who can't buy some on his own, let us call someone we value and tell them how we feel about them and how much they meant and mean to us, let us celebrate the spirit of being human and alive. Let us feel the things around us look at everything in a different light, don't worry about consequences, don't fret about tomorrow as tomorrow comes with its own problems, take a holiday of the mind, don't think before you do everything these holidays, do things that are right and good for others, dare to be different, embrace the NEW YOU, live to give, and this will definitely help you beat your holiday blues, or lighten the blow. Spread the cheer, for true happiness lies in the heart of the giver, Here's to a season of giving, for in giving you are truly living.