"It's a Wonderful Life"...

I'm sitting here watching "It's a Wonderful Life".  It is one of my most favorite Christmas movies.  How many of us, if given the chance, would like to see what Life would be like if we didn't exist?  George Bailey was one of the good guys.  He was self-less.  He sacrificed his adventure, college, and his career dreams for the people of  Bedford Falls. He could have left town with his friends, but he stayed.  I wonder what would have happened to George and the people of Bedford Falls if he had left town, gone to college, built all those wonderful things he imagined. 

We all have choices to make in life.   Who we marry, where we go to school (if we go to school), do we take the job that gets us by or our dream job?  No one has a crystal ball to see where we will end up.  How are you living your life?   Do you think of others first, how your decisions and choices will affect those around you?  Or do you make your decisions based on what is best for you?  

It seems like George gets the raw end of the deal.  Every time he tries to leave Bedford Falls, he gets pulled back in from one crisis or another.  And yet he has built relationships with people.  Offered them opportunities to own their own homes, helped them when they struggled, and treated them as friends.  And though he didn't have monetary wealth, he was truly the richest man in town.  He was loved and when he was in a rough spot, those he had helped rallied around him.  Many would say that is karma.

The moral of this fictional story - treat others as you wish to be treated... even if....   

I sat on Santa's lap today and he asked me what I wanted for Christmas.  I thought for a moment and then said, "I wish people would be nice to one another."  A pipe dream?  Probably, but I truly meant it.  There is too much meanness in this world.  Be kind for we all have our own battles to wage.  

So, if only for the next 22 days, let us be kind.

Merry Christmas, 

Linda