i spend a lot of my time feeling inspired and happy...maybe too much time... i like to think that i give back to the world as much as or more than i take away from it... the last few weeks it's been increasingly hard to feel like that. i am not one to complain much... and i certainly never want people viewing me as the debbie downer of the group... far from it... but i keep thinking about how this is the season of giving... and how most years i am so happy to give... i love making handmade presents for my friends and family... i spend hours each year sewing, painting and baking... i make a seasonal mixed cd every year... these things bring me joy... i take great care in wrapping packages with love.... but this year... i feel like i have very little to give... i have been in a self preserving mode for the last few months... and it's become more so the last month... maybe my cup that normally runneth over is just a little bit on the low side... or maybe it's the weather... i am running on empty for seasonal joy today... and i am waiting for the glimmer i normally have in my eye... the wander on back
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Jeff
12/22/2010 03:45:23 am
Jen, there is nothing wrong with being in a self-preserving mode sometimes if that's what you need to do. Remember, in order to give to other people, you must first have something yourself. If you don't, then that is, and should be, your first priority. So no guilt about it, OK? Just be as good to yourself as you are to other people, and everything will be OK.
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Michelle
12/23/2010 06:21:45 am
I have a feeling that the Christmas Eve gift game is going to give you much "seasonal joy"! How can it not?!? Chaotic family fun and laughs . . .
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