Thanksgiving to Christmas can be difficult. The two seasons and how society displays the presence of family and friends gatherings make it more difficult for those alone.
Why do marketers show commercials of lonely people looking at their neighbors having family and friends over? This only intensifies the feeling of loneliness.
But there is a lesson to be learned here. We should not wait until these two seasons come to focus our attention on the lonely. Every month throughout the year, we should seek those people out and, at minimum, make a phone call or a short visit.
We have a mandate to take care of anyone in our circle of friends and to seek out the ones who have no one.
God tells us to love one another. It's as simple as that. It doesn't cost one penny to be kind to everyone we meet this time of year.
Use this holiday season to practice what you will do every month in the upcoming New Year.
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