Sonya, Jim Jr., Jim Sr., Paula, Jason, Santa & Amber

Sonya, Jim Jr., Jim Sr., Paula, Jason, Santa & Amber

by Jim Cathcart

Our family would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.

No matter what faith you embrace, this is a special time of year. Our family is Christian so the most appropriate greeting we can offer you is Merry Christmas. We sincerely hope that this Season of Holy Days is filled with happiness and peace for you and your family.

Here’s an idea to enhance the Holidays: Don’t keep score of anything (except sports of course.)

One of the great sources of frustration and tension is missed expectations. You wanted one outcome and got another. Far too often family members, employers, coworkers and friends silently “keep score” in their head and measure whether others are doing what they expected and hoped they would do. This leads to resentment and hard feelings.

Resolve that this year you will not keep score on anyone, not even yourself. Just savor the Season, enjoy the time with those you care about, take their greeting cards and messages to heart, appreciate their gifts and understand their errors or oversights. Decide today that you will be immune to hurt feelings this year.

Look for ways to personally be an enhancer of everyone else’s experience. Offer all the genuine compliments you can, sincerely thank people for all that they do, take time to fix problems yourself instead of just pointing them out to others. Start a wave of giving actions that go out to everyone you know and don’t know.  A compliment that is felt but not expressed is useless, let your compliments out for the world to see.

Be a force for good.

Thank you for all that you do to make this world a better place.

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