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[quote=Anonymous]Meh. Kind of pollyanna-ish, IMO.

I take objection to this:

"Or try this thought experiment: Imagine if you had a year left to live. Would you want to spend your last Thanksgiving resenting your father’s politics? Or avoiding your sister for something she said last Christmas? Or would you rather find the grace to focus on the positives? Perhaps your father, for all his social-media-fueled hot takes, has mastered the art of carving a turkey. Your sister might be judgmental but you love her holiday-themed nails. Accepting what you can’t change doesn’t mean you’re endorsing their beliefs — it simply means doing everything you can, right now, to embrace the positives and look past the negatives."

Sorry, but if this father's "politics" is spewing hate-filled bigoted statements and insulting others who have a different opinion, then I don't want him at my table no matter how well he carves the turkey.

And if that sister takes those perfectly cute fingernails and metaphorically scratches people's eyes out due to her jealousy and vindictiveness, I don't want to be around her either.

The sad fact remains that there are people who have very few redeeming qualities and quite often they may be in your own family. [/quote]

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