by Elaina Marcotte

Created on: January 06, 2009

As the holidays approach it is over whelming, so much to do, so many people to see, the very thought of participating in all of it is exhausting, although the idea and feeling of it all still exudes child-like excitement. Mingling and interacting with so many people lots whom you perhaps do not see much of throughout the year, most with exciting extravagant lives and happy relationships, and then there is you, perhaps quite like me, single with a life boiling over with tragic events and drama. Not too many exceptional things to tell a room full of people about that will not bring the general mood of the party down, not a very fun thing to go through, when it is of your account. But it is inevitable that the times come and as you start mingling and seeing everyone again it really is very enjoyable. Then it is all over, everyone is back to their busy lives, off with their significant others, families, friends, and again you are alone.

So, what to do? If there is something in your life that you do not like, enjoy, appreciate or is holding you down, change it. That there is the bottom line. Fact is no one cares as much about you as you, and no one is going to come and magically change your life for you. You are responsible. So with that in mind there is no time for loneliness. Be successful, be an achiever, build your dreams to proportions larger than imaginable and chase them. Do not waste your time away wishing and hoping, or thinking of past events that cannot be changed. Instead learn form those things and spend you valuable time doing. Set goals and become a positively busy person. Just think it will make you feel good, introduce you to new things and new confidences that will attract people to you, and great people at that. They will see your confidence and success and happiness and for that they will be interested in you and you too will truly feel remarkable because good things will be happening. You will have lots to tell friends and family about when you are no longer complaining of your loneliness or tragedies in life because they will be out shone by positives. You will get to know yourself, and good things come quite often when you are not looking for them. Who knows maybe by the next holiday season you may no longer be single, either way you will have accomplished a lot. Just remember to enjoy life, it will not remain the same unless you let it, it is an adventure, embrace it, before you know it, it will be gone.

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