Would you like to have a more healthy approach to the holiday season this year?  Try these things:

 

End a quarrel with a friend or relative.

Seek out a forgotten friend or relative.

Strive for perfection. Be happy with excellence.

Explore the idealism you place on yourself and others.

Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust.

Write a love letter.

Share something you cherish.

Give a kind, soft, and non-critical or condescending response.

Express your gratitude for the small things.

Grant the things you take for granted.

Appreciate more.

Laugh a little. Laugh a little more.  Laugh again.

Before you laugh, smile.

Fulfill a promise to a loved one.

Let go of a grudge.

Take time to spend with loved ones.

Take time for yourself.

Stop talking. Listen. Hear. Understand. Empathize. Love.

Apologize if you were wrong.

Examine your demands on others.

Think of others first.

Be kind to others and yourself.

Be gentle.

Cherish the spirit of a child.

Gladden the heart of a child.

Welcome The Stranger.

Speak love.

Love.

Love well.