Saturday, December 29, 2012

Debbie Downer

Nobody wants to be Debbie Downer, least of all me.  I am the funny one.  I make everyone else laugh. I see humor in nearly every situation.  If you are feeling blue, then you call me.  I will make you laugh. If not at yourself, then at me.  I tell the funniest stories of my own stupidity.

The problem comes when I am feeling blue.  I have been so sad this Christmas.  I was doing ok, until all my traditions were thrown out the window.  As an adopted kid with no history, I have created it by having traditions.  In an unstable world, they give me stability.  This year, I didn't have one.  Not a single one.  It was horribly depressing.  I felt so alone.  I haven't shaken it either.

How do I reconcile my faith and my belief and anchor that Jesus is with me, and yet feel so alone?  I think it's because when I start feeling emotional, I shut everything down.  Which means that I also stop receiving from God too.

It's stupid.  Sometimes I am stupid.  Sometimes I am sad.  I just have to be ok with it.  Today, I am sad. Tomorrow will be better, I know it.

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