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12/22: I'll Be Home for Christmas... Or at Least Present via Webcam
Posted on: Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Keywords: Family, Psychological, Chakra, Holiday
"In a world of wheels, old and comfortable groupings of people have disappeared." – Allan Fromme
This was written in 1972. I believe it still holds true today. In our modern world there are many reasons why family members are 
living no-where near each other, communities and neighbors are ever-changing and unfortunately relationships of all kinds can suffer because of this.
I believe the most important aspect of the holiday season is the opportunity to connect with our roots, and these days those roots can be very long and branching. This makes it quite difficult to keep track of who may be where every year but in the end it is worth the effort. Thank goodness my "roots" have an interest and the talent to track me down every year! (Or should I say thank goodness for the Internet?)
I thoroughly enjoy hearing from everyone and receiving cards and photographs and sharing with my kids the stories of who this person is and why they are sending us a card.
As frivolous as sending cards seems, it is a very important tradition especially in these times of detachment and high tech. Gone are the days when families are together for every birthday, baptism, bar mitzvah, holiday - big or small.
When families were together more frequently, memories were made more frequently and stories were told over and over so the kids could roll their eyes cuz they had heard them so many times. Hopefully the kids will get to hear the stories at least once per year and there’s a little less eye rolling.
Family memories and stories and pictures are the things that make people feel that they belong somewhere. Everyone needs to feel that they belong. Without this sense of belonging there are many systems in the body that become unbalanced. Some of these are psychological, another is the chakra system, and when these become imbalanced it can lead to physical manifestations.
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Take a good look at the traditions that your family has for your holiday. Whether it's Aunt Suzie’s famous cookies for the party, gathering at Grandma’s house, who’s driving Aunt Angie... and who's taking her home??? Anything that happens year after year can be considered tradition and those are the things that glue our comfortable groupings together no matter how many miles are between us.
So whether you travel far or stay close to your own home base, make sure to share your traditions with your family and friends, share your stories with whoever wants to listen, and I wasn’t kidding about the webcam.
Be merry, be happy, be gay, be joyous, be a little stressed - just don’t forget to thoroughly enjoy this time of year and participate in those holiday traditions and make up a few new ones too. See what the kids come up with. They have a remarkable perspective on the season.
Happiest of Holidays!
Dr B
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