It is completely okay, to not feel the Jolly in the Holly Jolly. To not feel the Merry in the Merry Christmas. To only feel the la-la-la, in the Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la.
It is part and parcel of life to be completely blessed and still feel sad, or lonely, or any of your other very valid feelings. This has been such a grieving season for all of us. Loss of our sense of normalcy, as well as other losses in life. Some losses we see coming, and can understand to some degree. Some losses will surface, and resurface and never make any sense at all.
There are times we may think, I 'should' be happy because I have this, this, and this. The have's don't always zero out the haven'ts. Truthfully, some people only dream of the lives we have. The jobs we have, the roof over our heads, the food in our pantry. Some of this reads contradictory. We are blessed, we are blessed beyond belief. And, we have losses to grieve and sorrows to bear. We can feel joy and anticipation one moment, sadness and heartache the next. The common denominator? We feel.
Whatever you are feeling in this season of life, this season of the year, it's valid. And, you are valuable. Feel it, bless the feeling and release it. Because it's okay to be both this and that.
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