Drama Drama Everywhere

The older I get the more tired of drama I get. And it seems the holidays while bringing out the best in many also bring out the worst.

Some folks will always want the spotlight shining on them, especially in certain types of family dynamics. I saw far too much of that growing up. The minute the holiday season approached it started to become impossible to find joy and be happy because certain close individuals decided misery loved company. Lots and lots of misery.

I recall Christmas Eves sitting in front of the tree looking at the lights alone. I also recall strained silent tables and the opposite--big family non-crisises where the people involved could not stand to have the attention on the season's meaning instead of themselves.

I think just as bad--maybe even worse in some ways--are work situations where somehow the insecure control freak winds up in charge--which happens far too often--and decides to cause either constant turmoil in the work place or put the other employees under the stress of losing their jobs. Why do employers seem to wait until right before the holiday to lay off folks? Losing your job is a stressful enough situation, but add that to the stress of the holiday, something that is supposed to be happy and it's ten times worse. Is it any wonder that the suicide rate goes up this time of year? And of course the control-freak manager gets to go home secure in his/her job and have a warm holiday with their own family.

Some people can't seem to survive without drama and causing strife to bring others into their dark little worlds. Their philosophy seems to be, I'm miserable so everyone else has to be. And if it affects children who should be basking in the magic of Christmas (and not only Christmas since Halloween and Thanksgiving and others were spoiled for me as a kid) I think it is just unpardonable.

Life is hard enough without manufacturing drama to make it harder. Those who like to dwell in drama, fine, go do it somewhere else and don't bring others down (and I am NOT talking about people with serious depressive disorders or who have undergone tragic events--I am talking about drama kings and queens who love to cause trouble because of their own insecurity). You are entitled to ruining your own holiday if you like. But you are not entitled to ruin it for those of us who want to find joy and celebrate.

Whether you have a lot of a little, please try to be better to each other for at least this time of year. Maybe in the end you'll find that's the only real drama you need. And remember, you are not entitled to magic; but you can make it...

There's an old saying that goes, Dead men tell no tales. That saying might be true...anywhere else but on the Ghost Coast of New Salem, Maine. Here they tell many tales, and they seldom stay dead.
--Chloe Everson

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