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| from Philippine USA Journal: We have complicated our lives far more than we care to admit to ourselves. Take stock of all the good that has come and quietly nurture a grateful heart. Forget all the what-might-have-beens because these are like excess baggage that makes the journey on life's road even more cumbersome, even torturous. I personally like to imagine my troubles, real or imagined particulartly come Christmas time, tied in neat little bundles on the computer screen of my mind's ibook that I can drag and drop to the little trash bin icon and simply empty them all out into cyberspace never to be seen again -- at least, for the time being. Above all, Christmas is a time for remembrance of things past, mostly the good ones and glossing over the memories of tough times, a time for saying "thanks", a time to draw lessons from the year just passed in order to use a new and fresh supply of God's gift called TIME, given in equal measure to all men, rich or poor, from one glorious day to the next. ...I send to you a Christmas prayer filled with blessings and great hopes for you and your loved ones, near and far. May you be filled with true Christmas joy that will last all the days of your life. Monette Adeva Maglaya, "The Unseen and Unseeable Wonders of Christmas" |