The Wonder of Christmas

By Greg Baer M.D.

January 4, 2017


I have written about Christmas several timesā€”search ā€œChristmasā€ in the master index on the websiteā€”mostly about how giving love is more powerful than giving physical gifts. But today Iā€™m seeing Christmas from a different perspective.

We are all Godā€™s childrenā€”of that there is no doubt whateverā€”and during the holiday season we see proof of our innate goodness and desire to love. Sure, there is also a loud festival of Imitation Love going on, but beneath it all, we can feel our love singing out.

The world can be so confusing and unloving most of the time, but it seems as though Christmas gives us an ā€œexcuseā€ to let out some of that love we normally keep to ourselves in fear of disapproval, and in response to the daily assaults we experience.

Around Christmas, we smile at each other more. We speak to each other more, even to strangers, to wish a Merry Christmas. We give gifts for a wide variety of reasonsā€”including obligation, guilt, and so onā€”but one of those reasons is a genuine affection for others.

There are many proofs that this innate desire to love is within us: the way we fawn over beloved pets, the kindness we almost uniformly bestow on infants, the tears we shed for those afflicted by disasters, and more.

We really are inherently good, and Christmasā€”among all the confusion of motivations for that seasonā€”is one more proof of who we are.

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About the author 

Greg Baer, M.D.

I am the founder of The Real LoveĀ® Company, Inc, a non-profit organization. Following the sale of my successful ophthalmology practice I have dedicated the past 25 years to teaching people a remarkable process that replaces all of life's "crazy" with peace, confidence and meaning in various aspects of their personal lives, including parenting, marriages, the workplace and more.

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