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The passing of 2007 was for most of us a glad time to be over with; except that whatever decisions, good or not-so good, sealed last year will still find their results getting through this 2008. We can only hope this year will turn out right for most of us.
On New Year’s Eve, fireworks from where I live did not as much get me from the television set to watch the fare, unlike last year’s, when starting from 8pm, one would hear pockets of firecrackers and see mushrooms of fireworks paint the sky from almost everywhere until 4am. Just by the smoke coming from all around, the tips of our noses turned black.
This time, the bangs started at 11:30pm and promptly ended by 12:00 midnight. Elsewhere, it could have been different — or maybe just the same as more and more people are not so sure as to what the new year will bring to each one.
If you have noticed, even as shops and other establishments extended their hours on December 25 and January 1 (which was not a usual thing), there were not much people going in them, not much excitement among the shoppers, not the same jolly air was in the air. My friend who waited until the last minute before Christmas day to have her property leased to a new lessee, just wanted to get over the holidays with great haste. Ironically, the days dragged by but luckily for her, the new lessee signed up on the 26th.
We may be a people of great resilience but where spending, as we know it, gets the better of us, we tend to be reluctant to dip to our pockets and we wait until the air clears. We save spending for better days.
There is no need to list and compare what the best days and bad days were last year. You know you have them, I have them, everyone has them in memory. The only thing in order to get by, really, is for us to not to repeat the same mistakes we did, and be positive about whatever and however prospects look at first glance then work on them for the better.
I received a message from someone not listed in my phonebook and staring at the 11-digit numbers did not help me track who the sender was. Couldn’t text back and ask for it might ruin the sender’s day to even introduce himself or herself. But I was so grateful of the message sent: THANK GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW.
So I sat and contemplated on the message for a while. It somehow changed my attitude that moment. Oftentimes we see too much and then ask “why?” when we do not understand things. Then we rant. A spirit of thankfulness is a better suit to don as it will also keep our perspectives on track. That, I believe.
There may be no loud bangs around here during the entrance of the new year but that doesn’t mean we will let it affect us. We can be above the situation for we know how to get around by being thankful. One virture at a time.
Happy New Year to all!
