How was your blue Monday?
For those unaware, it "scientifically" known (by a travel company, apparently) to be the most depressing day if the year. Christmas is over (all 12 days, as well as sales); it's cold; and many people resent themselves having given up on their New Year's Resolutions.
Consider - though the weather is cold, we are genuinely incredibly privileged to have homes that keep the weather out; clothes that are both warm and comfortable; instant hot food and drink that we can hugely enjoy; cushioned furniture and duvets. Seeing some of Horrible Histories recently has reminded me yet again that, for almost all of human h
Though it's incredibly frustrating to fail resolutions - and it's great when people succeed - each person is of equal and immeasurable value irrespective of their success or failure in overcoming the temptations that our culture surrounds us with.
Though Christmas is over, we still have new things - gifts we received - to enjoy. All of which is as nothing by comparison to what Christmas is about. Christmas is a marker of Christ coming to us - demonstrating God's love for humanity in spite of the flaws we fail to defeat with New Year's Resolutions, and many more.

istory, these things could only be dreamt of for all but nobility.