Kat was checking her Facebook page yesterday and noticed a conversation about "Christmas" started by one of her friends. Her friend was frustrated with people who assumed that she was celebrating the holiday. She insisted that "this is not a Christian country." This set off a whole string of responses, both angry and sympathetic.
Here was that drama again. Kat goes to a liberal arts college that is full of would-be activists. They remind me of myself when I was younger. Always struggling, always fighting. There is an air of drama all around them because they are always casting themselves as the protagonists in their stories and others as the antagonists.
I have been working to recast my own stories: no antagonists, no protagonists, only human beings all struggling to be accepted, to connect, to love and be loved. It doesn't make for good drama but it does make for a more peaceful life.
Oh yeah, and happy nondenominational winter season greetings!
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