Philippians4:7 I know you expressed a little while ago that December 23 is hard for you. Just have a couple things in mind for you I think would help (of course all of you are welcome to use this) 1. It’s just another day. Jon Hershfield instagrammed a caption that read “There are no such things as December or holidays, or a new year, even ‘Thursday’ is just a construct to arbitrarily label this current revolution around the sun. The only thing that’s real, that’s not a story is this moment. 2. When a thought comes to your head ask yourself if it’s productive or destructive? Depending on the techniques you use to relabel the thoughts you’re having, or strategies you implement, that is the perfect day to do it. You will be so proud of yourself that when the date comes up again you will know how to handle these feelings, and your brain will gear to it automatically. 3. Remember the thoughts are only worse because of the memory to it. You go through these thoughts all the time and it’s no different. There is no such thing as time, etc etc. Again, they are all labels. 4. Again, do the strategies! One thing I can recommend is that what goes on in your head is none of your business! Happy holidays and I know you can get through this tough time. Remember Jesus loves you and focus (non compulsively - I can’t stress this enough!!!) on scripture. Distract yourself, use mindfulness, self care, and recreate a bad memory with a new one. Listen to a sermon, fave song, and maybe some motivational music or something. Always have a can’t back down attitude. Everything passes! Thank you for reading :)<3