It caught me off guard this season, as it always does, to see change that comes over people during the holidays. The Christmas spirit brings out the best in so many people. I was further surprised at how short lived that spirit was. The past month has been filled with Christmas carolers and well wishers. The news was reporting stories of people at Starbucks paying for the stranger behind them, and people were nice to each other. Then, on January 2nd, it all disappeared. I was snapped back to reality that day at work during an unpleasant encounter on the phone with a particularly disgruntled IT Director, who had apparently been the recipient of a large amount of coal for Christmas.
The Christmas Spirit is the Holy Spirit, or the Holy Ghost; the only difference is that more people naturally feel the Spirit at Christmas time. We should be feeling the spirit with that same intensity all year! We should be nice to people all year long! That should be our goal anyway. Don't be like the jerk on the phone. He'll get his.
President Faust gave a talk last year to the young single adults about keeping a high self-esteem. In it he mentioned that we should love ourselves enough to say "hi" to a perfect stranger. There is wisdom in this. People feel better about themselves when they are nice to others around them. It doesn't do a lick of good to be a jerk to anyone. You are only hurting yourself. So be nice to others. Try it. I dare you.
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There is wisdom in this......BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE!
I've enjoyed your entries. Thanks for the invite.
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Margot
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