Christmas is coming...

Christmas is coming, and for some people it's just not the cheery time of joy that it is for others.




For some, the senselessness of tragedies like the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre will trigger feelings of desperation and futility. These feelings will outweigh the happiness of Christmas carols and turkey. Seeing the joy of Christmas will be done from the other side of a veil of sadness. Merry Christmas will be something other people experience.

For the the families that are together, and the friends that party it up on Christmas eve, an invisible multitude will quietly spend the time alone. The families experiencing their first Christmas after divorce, the teens that no-one listened to, and people who simply have no loved ones, will experience Christmas in their solitude something many people simply won't see.

So this Christmas think about reaching out gently. Invite the person who is alone. Put away that part of you that is too proud to have a relative stranger with you at Christmas. You never know when you might just save a life.





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