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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nI choose glad. Who wants to be sad and who needs bad?\nI don’t want either one and neither do you. There is enough in life that\nconfronts us every day that has the propensity to get us down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don’t go crazy eating this holiday. I hear every year from\npeople who say, “I’m going to eat whatever I want during the holidays and\nI’ll change in January.” These are the people who gain five to ten pounds\nbetween Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. There are reports that some people\nonly gain a pound during the holidays. You and I know better. I know personally\nthat I have gained ten pounds during the holidays. My scale might be off a\npound or two, but it does not lie. The sad staggering number tells me what I\ndon’t what to see and there have been times it has been bad and sad! Who needs\nto start January 2020 ten pounds heavier?!! You don’t need it! Who does? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
People literally go crazy eating during the holidays eating\n“pounds” of candy, cookies and eating the dining room table. You\ndon’t have to eat the kitchen just because you can. Make a determination now\nhow you are going to conduct your eating this holiday. You can have a good\nplate of food and even splurge on a dessert without busting your waistline. You\ndon’t need three plates of food and four desserts. You’ll be glad if you\napproach the holidays with some discretion or you will be sad and feel bad in\nJanuary if you eat your head off. Now, don’t be mad at me because you have\ntotal freedom on what you put in your mouth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Participate in Christmas. It’s more fun if you participate\nin life. Visit some elderly people who can’t get out much. Visit the nursing\nhome. People are lonely in those places. Last Christmas Eve my wife and I went\nto the local nursing home and visited the residents. Not one room in that\nnursing home on Christmas Eve had any family or visitors. It was a very sad,\nlonely place. If you want to feel good, do good. Take some of your food and\ngive it away before Christmas. Don’t take people leftovers. Maybe there is a\nfamily or two that you might help in some tangible way? Think about it and God\nwill lead you with some good charitable ideas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year remember who and what the seasons are about. Focus\non Joy, Peace and good will toward all. Say good words to people. Be Kind. Wish\nthe best for others. Help others if and when you can. Don’t say bad things\nabout people and give people second chances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Make your holiday strategy today for a season of gladness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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