Merry Chirstmas to Everyone!!

I know how distorted Christmas can get. Sometimes it seems like everyone is in it for all the wrong reasons. Every channel on TV is buy, buy, buy, sell, sell, sell! And it gets very frustrating. We wonder, has everyone lost the meaning? In some ways maybe we have, and that’s why so many of us feel lost during Christmas. Maybe that’s why we feel purposeless, or just bored and down. But although Christmas has become "commercialized", there are certain things about Christmas that will never die.

One of them being, the birth of greatness. No matter what you believe in, spiritually or religiously, that greatness means you and me! The day we were born represents a miracle. We represent that anything is possible. We are the culmination of love. We are everything embodied in flesh and blood. So when they talk about Christmas being the birth of Christ, it also symbolized the birth of you and I and the way that we can give people joy. That is what the celebration is about. Everything we are is amazing! Everything we can be is limitless!

The other thing that will never die no matter how commercialized Christmas becomes is - LOVE. For real, the whole world revolves around it. We all need someone to love us, someone that says "no matter what, I am here for you, I will love you through your mistakes and walk with you on this journey you are traveling." Love is the real reason for Christmas. To show love to everyone you meet. Give someone that gift once a day. Even when Christmas is long gone...It’s like, this time of year reminds us of the goodness that is in the world, the purity that is within us, the compassion that we have to offer. The joy we can give, with a smile, a hug, the words, “I love you”. The meaning of the little things that can be taken for granted on a regular basis.

Goodbye, Sam

There's something missing in my home,
I feel it day and night.
I know it will take time and strength,
Before things feel quite right.
But just for now i need to mourn,
My heart -- it needs to mend
Though some may say "it's just a pet"
I know i've lost a friend
You've brought such laughter to my home,
and richness to my days...
A constant friend through joy or loss,
With gentle loving ways.
Companion, pal, and confidant
A friend i won't forget
You'll always live in my heart,
My sweet forever Sam...

I lost my pet dog and bestfriend Sam. I knew that the day would come someday but i didn't know that it's going to be that soon and unexpected. Until now i can't believe that he's already gone...it happened so sudden... he's only a year old and very strong and playful...but one night when i came home from school i saw him in our frontyard lying on the ground, wet because it was raining., and he's not moving. I run to him and he looks so helpless and pathetic. To convince myself I tried to look closer to him to know if I'm right. I was right he is dead! At that moment, I was speechless, my mind is blank, for a couple or so minutes I was just standing there in front of Sam holding my umbrella under the heavy rain. I was really blank and shocked. I started crying silently. Then I wiped my face because i don't want other people see me that way. I went to my room and closed the door. It was really hard for me to accept that he is already gone. I know you know how i feel right? I'm sure anyone who have loved their pet so dearly will feel the same way.

Dear Friends...

There is a time when I really want to be with all my friends that always support me, when all their supporting words and voices are not enough. Because there is nothing that can replace their warm assuring touches and looks, because to me touches mean a lot more than just a thousand words.