Thursday, December 15, 2005
The past few days are okay. They were normal school days. But of course there are still things that happened that never happened to me before, but there was nothing so extraordinary. The only not-so-ordinary happenings are the exchange gifts, and preparation for christmas parties. Of course, those do not happen to me everyday.But i think i'm wrong. Are they really not happening to me everyday? Or they do happen? Alam ko malabo. What i mean is, i can only feel christmas when it is december, when people are busy buying and wrapping gifts, when christmas songs are in the air, when my eyes are hurting because of blinking lights in windows of houses, when people are saying MERRY CHRISTMAS. But the fact is, everyday is christmas. It is just that people are not giving gifts nor greeting MERRY CHRISTMAS, christmas songs are not being played, and there are no christmas lights nor lanterns in houses. But indeed i receive gifts. Everyday. Every breath that i take is a gift. Every step that i make is a gift. Every people i talk to, every move that i peform, every single word that i utter, are all gifts to me. I just don't notice it because it is not christmas. And when it is not christmas, people are not supposed to receive gifts. I fail to appreciate gifts unless it is wrapped in beautiful papers. But God does not wrap his gifts. He does not want me to notice His gifts. He just wants me to have them. He does not care if I say thank you or if I even acknowledge our gifts. He will give His them to me anyway. Unconditional. Christmas or not. There is an occasion or none. Gifts are showering on me. EVeryday. All i have to do is to be grateful about it. To acknowledge that everything I have is a gift. I don't own anything when I was made. But God gave me all I need and all that i have now. So, i now have the right to say that everyday is an extraordinary day. Because everyday has a new gift from God.MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
