Christmas - A Season Of Forgiveness
J Gardener
This is the time of year when the magic of Christmas is everywhere. Everything about the season is designed to be exciting and heartwarming, and full of joy for everyone in the family. But children are the most excited by the season, usually, as they wait for that most wonderful night, Christmas Eve, when Santa Claus lands his sleigh on the roof and brings his bag of beautiful things down the chimney and leaves them under the tree.
Not that adults are immune to the excitement of the holiday season. Even the most jaded mom or dad will smile, at the thought of tearing open a really big Christmas present. That anticipation, which makes everyone breathe a little faster, is universal and unchanging.
But, as most parents learned long ago, the real joy of Christmas isn't totally about receiving something really special from Santa. There can be just as much joy in the giving as the receiving. And the act of choosing a gift for a loved one or a friend is as spiritually uplifting as opening almost any present. This is something that children are especially attuned to, in their natural desire to please those they love.
As we spend this time, thinking about those we love and are close to, we're often reminded of those with whom we've disagreed or fought with. Each year, each of us probably has lost touch with someone dear to us, as the result of some perceived slight. While the details surrounding such disagreements may have seemed important at the time, we often regret these circumstances at the holiday season, when we find ourselves estranged from those we love.
Kids go through the same things as adults, ending friendships and moving away from those they were close to. But since they're younger and have less experience with relationships, they often take these hard times even harder, than their parents.
The holidays are the perfect time for both adults and kids to reflect on the relationship and friendship difficulties they've had, over the past year. It's a good time for adults to remember that every relationship is a two-way street, and both sides are responsible for what happens. Parents should teach their kids that blame and anger can be destructive, especially between people who profess to care about one another-either as friends or family.
Christmas is the perfect time of year to forgive, and the perfect time for adults to teach children about the healing power of forgiveness. Whether we forgive someone else for hurting us, or forgive ourselves for causing someone else's pain, forgiveness is a gift that can renew spirits and relationships, into the approaching new year.
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