MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

May this be a year of many successes, triumphs, conquerings, and productivity. I know I've been keeping up with these blogs like a journal, but here've been my thoughts.

A lot of stress has been causing me to stay out of a Christmas spirit; not that I don't like Christmas, but because of the stress, it makes me realize how we celebrate this year after year after year......and eventually, there comes a Christmas, when you're not interested in really celebrating it; decorating the house to the extreme, putting up lights to the extreme, buying a bazillion presents, the more materialisitc aspect of Christmas.
Anyone who's reading this, don't bother with being offended by what I say, because I refuse to be politically correct, considering how much political action isn't really correct anyway. But I do say Merry Christmas, I believe the true meaning to be that Jesus came to Earth as a mortal to teach us, and even though Christmas is more about his birth than his whole life, I feel that Christ's Mass is celebrating him and his whole life, by the very moment that he was born. So when I look at the stores and see a ton of images for Santa Claus, or for trees, presents, sales, Christmasy-mushy-over-the-top stuff, I feel this bitterness on a strained nerve that makes me wish Christmas didn't become so degraded to the objects around us. It's a principle; a spirit. It's connected to events, which the objects help make important, yes, but these objects were meant to enhance the moment, not upstage the moment.
On the spirit bit, my stress has been causing me to not feel spiritual lately, and it's making me fall backward. I know that the key is to not let that stress get to me, but these are the problems of our future, living, and expenses. Therefore, in an attempt to keep the spirit, I want to be thankful and grateful to my friends and family, and their undying support. I want to be thankful for the life that I've been given, because I love challenges. I DOUBLE DARE LIFE EVERYDAY!!! BRING IT!!!
I would like to thank my wonderful hubby, who's been there when I've been happy, mad, sad, and freaked out. And I want to thank God and Jesus Christ, who's making the impossible possible.
Merry Christmas once again, and have a great last week of 2011!