Don't you ever feel the expectations getting too high? In such a way that in the end you (and your close ones if you are lucky to have some) end up cursing the whole thing where the sun doesn't shine, and just wish the year was over, anyone?
What I find the funniest, is that usually the ones who should be the happiest – people with a companion, children and friends – end up fighting the most over some stupid things such as the consistency of the gravy. Where is the gratitude?
Obviously I am not a great fan of Christmas. There is, however, one thing I really like about the end of the year. For me, it is always the time for a new start. I mean, whatever happend the past 12 months is over now and the only way to go is forward. Whether you screwed up royally or had the time of your life, there is a chance for change. After pondering in between my past and future, I have come to realize one thing: never give up on love.
No joke, I am dead serious. The past weeks I have witnessed some of my closest friends experiencing what is to love unconditionally. And just seeing that, makes me want to keep on believing it can't be that bad. A first smile of a child that belongs to someone who played with you in the school yard. An engagement picture of two people from a place where they have dreamt of going for ages. Or hearing, through the tears of joy, the I-dos of a couple who couldn't be more real and right.
No matter how many disappointments, broken hearts and messed up things you might have had, there is a way to come around them. Love is not easy to find and it is even more difficult to keep, but it is there. And just believing in it can make you happy.
So, what if right now everything's wrong?
No joke, I am dead serious. The past weeks I have witnessed some of my closest friends experiencing what is to love unconditionally. And just seeing that, makes me want to keep on believing it can't be that bad. A first smile of a child that belongs to someone who played with you in the school yard. An engagement picture of two people from a place where they have dreamt of going for ages. Or hearing, through the tears of joy, the I-dos of a couple who couldn't be more real and right.
No matter how many disappointments, broken hearts and messed up things you might have had, there is a way to come around them. Love is not easy to find and it is even more difficult to keep, but it is there. And just believing in it can make you happy.
So, what if right now everything's wrong?
