As much as I love the Christmas period with all the food and drink you can consume, as well as spending quality time with loved ones, there are times when it can all become a stress-filled, conflict-ridden and decadent exercise which can do more harm than good to one’s mind, body and spirit.

Everyone, I guess, is entitled to self-indulge (within reason, mind) at least once a year, but we must be careful not to enter the new year carrying too much weight, anxiety and damaged relationships.

Christmas should be a time to reinvigorate ourselves and to reconnect with friends and family who we have, directly or indirectly, long since neglected.

Surely, we’re not too busy for the important things in life?

Just to let you know that I don’t belong to any religious faith whatsoever, but felt the need to propose the following ten commandments (with a bit of humour thrown in for good measure) of my own for you to adopt towards having a happy Christmas of moderation.  So no belief in God or morality are required.

These precepts or maxims may or may not  help you to negotiate life more wisely, as well as put you in very good stead for the coming New Year and beyond.  Just remember to have fun along the way.

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Just came back unscathed from a few days spent at my mum’s place for a Xmas family get-together – now feeling (and looking) rather bloated after eating uncontrollably mum’s scrumptious cooking.

I’m now looking forward to 2010 which is almost upon us, as 2009 becomes a distant memory of perhaps missed opportunities to improve ourselves and our lives.

However, this is not the time to relive past failures of not instigating action towards a wiser life.  The past is a dead thing which has been long since buried.

So we now must look ahead to a new year of great blooming promise, and to make sure we develop the motivation and wisdom so that we can overcome any difficulties whilst improving our minds towards greater happiness, relationships and achievements in our lives. Read more…