Today's Horoscope
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The Stars know the holidays are coming up and sometimes people can get depressed. You might be alone this year, you might be thinking of people you miss that are no longer with us, you might just hate Christmas, but that doesn't mean the holidays have to be bad.
There is no rule about how you have to spend the holidays. If you are alone, make it all about you. Eat whatever the hell you want for Thanksgiving. Buy yourself some presents for Christmas. Go somewhere you always wanted to go.
Often if you have no family around for the holidays, friends will invite you to their house for the holidays, and we tend to refuse those invitations a lot of the time. We don’t want to intrude or be a burden, but these are your friends and they wouldn’t ask you if they didn’t want you there.
If you are missing a loved one that’s gone, celebrate the holidays by celebrating them. Keep them close to your heart, and realize that they would want you to be happy. You are keeping their memory alive, and even though it might still sting, you can find some solace in knowing that a part of them is still with you. Cherish the love they gave you and let it give you strength.
If you have no plans or nowhere to go, remember that there are a lot of people worse off than you that also have nowhere to go. Volunteer to help the homeless for the holidays, or visit people in the hospital or nursing homes that have no one else. There are a lot of children with no families, that would love some little toy or some of your time. If you’re not a big fan of people, there are plenty of animals that need help, too. There are charities that take treats and toys to shelters for the animals with no home on the holidays.
There are so many options besides sitting by yourself and feeling bad, but the stars know that all that is easier said than done. They understand that even if you know all about the things you could be doing instead, sometimes you just can’t do it. Sometimes your brain keeps you frozen, and no matter what your good intentions, you just might ignore all the things that would be best for you.
And that’s fine, too. Don’t beat yourself up over it. If you just can’t, if you just want to wallow and feel sorry for yourself, well, go ahead. Just don’t let it overwhelm you and cause you to do something foolish.
The stars know that at moments like these, we might think that killing ourselves is a good option, but it really isn’t. In those moments we tell ourselves that we are alone because we deserve to be alone. We don’t want to bother anyone or ruin their holidays with our problems, but that is nonsense. The worst thing you could do to those that care about you is to check out during the holidays. If you are in crisis, the people you know would consider it the best present in the world if you reached out to them and they could make a difference. They will care, and they will fight for you if you don’t have the strength to fight for yourself.
Or you could be selfish and be a bad memory for those you love to deal with every year on the holidays, and why would you want to do that to someone you love?
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