Well, have you been a good kid?
Expecting your rewards in 2025?
Let me think...hmm...Who’s asking?

By Maxifern

If you expect from others to validate
the goodness and kindness of your heart,
if you seek the admiration and respect from
others coz you‘ve jumped all kinds of hoops
throughout the past year to please, satisfy
and take care of the needs of others;
DON’T HOLD YOUR BREATH!
No amazing, surprising gift or fortune
will reach you next year either!
Sounds cruel? Well, yes! It’s coz it is!
Cruel is the way you’ve been treating
yourself, testing relentlessly your ego boundaries,
identity and values! The more you do this,
the more you get away from the version
of self and the kind of life, you once dared
to dream for yourself..
Away from what you hoped it would be
a great life that is your choice and
embodies your real you..
No tension, no drama!

Failed to skip these and manage to enjoy
this Christmas yet again?
Well, quit trying so hard to be a good kid!
It’s never too late to find the courage and
recognize it for all it’s ever been;
A social manipulative programming in
order to keep you in a constant battle
with yourself while simultaneously
becoming easy pray for anyone seeking
power and control over you!
This year you may come to terms with
and accept that this 'anyone' could be
identified perhaps more comfortably
with more distant life structures, such as
your employer or colleague at work,
the government, a neighbor or a relative.
But all too often you may have to
swallow the bitter truth
of them being someone really close to you,
like a parent, even your own child!
Someone, you have chosen and trusted
to build a life with, your very own partner!
So many people you need to attend to!
Their needs!

But what about your needs?
What about forgeting all about needs for a while?
What if I tell you to try living as if all your needs are met
and you can just dream and play all day?
Let’s say, you pick a day of the week or a morning,
an evening in a day to experiment?
Putting aside time to be idle or get lost during a game
for your pleasure only, ideally alone or with people
who don’t already belong to your usual circle, can do wanders
for your blood pressure and your mood!
If you could double down on this with 'off the screen time'
staying away from any social media opinion, news and
gossip mayhem you will sooner than later
experience what the true meaning of the New Year is!
Not more, one more year, what’s the big deal?

But: Happy New Year!