Time to Breathe
I nearly cried at work today. The unexpected thoughtfulness of my Medical Director nearly undid me. He handed me some Christmas cheer made by his own hand and it was a reminder of why this time of year is so special. I suppose it nearly made me cry because I was feeling (for a plethora of reasons) quite anxious about Christmas this year. I was reflecting on why I felt this and thought part of the problem is what we've made it in to. There are good and happy things about Christmas, but then we turn them into a THING - a thing that we must do . A bar we need to reach. A race we need to run. A competition with ourselves and others - something that requires us to up our game year over year. I hear a lot of people saying they are going to simplify Christmas and yet their simplified Christmas amounts to buying a few less gifts and baking only 6 different kinds of cookies instead of 10. And it's not just the gifts (which, lets be truthful - no one really needs and many