I hope you all had as good a Christmas as my family and I had. Though nothing exciting happened. And we didn't have a great party we still had a good, though quiet, time. Tammy had some movies she wanted to watch with me. While Calum sat with us for some of the time before abandoning us for the joy of computer gaming up in his room. He did come back down to watch Mrs Brown's Boys which had us all rolling in laughter. Of course that was after eating more than was good for us but that isn't unusual for this time of year for many of us is it.
The new shift pattern at work is been okay so far. Though the work was closed for the two days over Christmas and Boxing day so I will see how it goes as time passes. Next week we have two more days off for News Years. That isn't a lot but that is the way that modern industry works. Then again it is still better than what it was in the past. Domestic staff in big houses would be lucky to get one day of a week off and at this time of year they wouldn't even get that. There simply was too much to be done to keep the "Family" happily looked after. It must have been good for the "Family" but not so good for the servants down below stairs.
Yes the modern world might have its faults but it is still better than the past. Yes I know some would think differently. I just think they are looking at things through tinted glass. Every evil we see today were there in the past. We didn't invent the badness of the world, it has always been there. If anything we are now tackling in far more effectively than ever before in many respects. Sadly with modern life comes the modern media which sensationalises far more of the evil than they do the good. This has the effect of blinding us to the good around us. The answer for me is to take heart when someone holds a door open for me.
Yes, such a small piece of kindness is all it takes to make someone's day.
Hope you all have a great New Year and get everything you hope for.