The Blessings of Christmas versus “Agony of Christmas”
I think there are very few people that are able to enter into this time of the year without experiencing an intensity of emotions that hold some sadness or human emotion. And it is important to give some time to those emotions acknowledging them fully. But I like to dwell on the powerful message which is given to all, of us as we remember the delightful movie of Pollyanna. A small girl with much reason to be sad, but her strength was to carry on the message of living with her deceased father's teaching and that was "to be glad." We all know the phrase to "Be thankful" which can be really difficult when our emotions ....
