Christmas 2012

Whoever said that love can be defined, surely has not experienced real love. It cannot be defined by kisses, or hugs, or gifts, or words or even actions. Because I can't even though I know, I love. I love without expecting anything in return. Though it may hurt and it be hard to keep my dignity and pride whole, I still love. I love with a hope that maybe it may be returned without expecting that it may be so.

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This Christmas, the phrase "love also means forgiveness and hope" hit me right on the spot. So many things had happened this year that should have made me bitter, angry, made and confused yet there are also events that reminded me to trust that He has a purpose for everything. A purpose we may never know or understand in this lifetime but a purpose that He only knows.

This Christmas, the common gift that we hear from anyone would be "World Peace" and that has meant something to me as well. I didn't think of war stopping or storms ceasing; I thought about what lay in the hearts of the individual person. Peace... can only be attained when one stops being jealous of what they don't have and start being thankful with what they do have. When they do that, they will realize how blessed they are and stop arguing for things they think they should have.

This Christmas, I completed my wish list. And rarely does that happen. Though it might also be because I settled for simple things that make me happy and not anymore the things that I don't really need.

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"I just wanted to get up the courage to say I missed you". She whispered in the dark

and he hugged her close.

"I missed you too"