Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas...an interesting phrase anymore. It's been turned into Happy Holidays to be pc about it. I guess that makes sense, but if you actually celebrate Christmas & the true meaning of Christmas then shouldn't you be proud of who you are and use Merry Christmas? Ok, that even confused me somewhat, haha. The Advent season started off sorta interesting with my former roomie & I getting chewed out because of putting up our Christmas decorations right before leaving for Thanksgiving break. This angered both of us because it was unecessary and she (our friend) didn't stop to take into consideration the only reason we were doing it then is because we had time, we were both leaving that day, & we would be very busy the last few weeks of school. This just over emphasized for me my frustrations with people that throw their beliefs at you & don't take into consideration the whole picture. Yes, it is sorta frustrating to know how commercialized Christmas is in our society & that there are several people who celebrate Christmas and aren't Christians. However, who are we to sit and judge people by their actions? Can't we just be proud of what we believe and hope that we can spread our love that we have through Christ (or whoever you believe in) to others? I don't see that there's any sense in getting angry at people for doing stuff you don't approve of. If people would only try talking to each other they'd get a lot further and it's a much nicer approach.
The last few weeks of the semester were eventful to say the least. Everybody was very busy and I decided to move to the third floor which just added more excitement in my life and several others. None the less I tried to stay on top of my advent readings and take in the true meaning for me.
I've been home for nearly two weeks now and it's been interesting. I don't know the last time I was home for this long. I think it was last May maybe & before that it was before coming to college. For the first week I was very busy running here & there, finishing up things for Christmas day & catching up with friends. Finally on Christmas Eve I had some me time. I had slacked on my advent readings and was catching up on them. I started thinking about how I've been living & who I've become. In the past year and a half my life has changed numerous times, making me come to realizations that aren't always easy. Thankfully I've been blessed with friends that have been there for me always.
Christmas day finally came & Santa went overboard as always. I do love every thing I got though and am very thankful for my family and being able to share the holidays with them. My family didn't have our traditional Christmas meal though. I was fine with it not being at our house & that we didn't have an actual meal (we always have WAY too much food so we just grazed all day), but we didn't even pray & thank God for his son's birth. WHAT? yeah, isn't that what Christmas is about & what my whole family believes in? That's what they'd tell you anyway.
So this all leads back to enjoy what you've got when you've got it. I suppose I could've asked for everybody to get together & pray, but who knows who I would've inconvenienced. I could've gotten upset and shoved my thoughts at people, but I didn't. Life flies by fast & you've gotta make the most of it, or you have nobody to blame but yourself.
ok, enough preaching, it's almost a new year and hopefully this next year will rock my face off because this past year....well it had it's good moments, but they were kinda overweighed by bad moments. I can't wait for Tuesday to see my family in Tinley Park, IL & then to see more SFers on Wed. & then to see more friends & their family in Jenison, MI on Thur. YAY! love yall & hope your Christmas was great! MWA
The last few weeks of the semester were eventful to say the least. Everybody was very busy and I decided to move to the third floor which just added more excitement in my life and several others. None the less I tried to stay on top of my advent readings and take in the true meaning for me.
I've been home for nearly two weeks now and it's been interesting. I don't know the last time I was home for this long. I think it was last May maybe & before that it was before coming to college. For the first week I was very busy running here & there, finishing up things for Christmas day & catching up with friends. Finally on Christmas Eve I had some me time. I had slacked on my advent readings and was catching up on them. I started thinking about how I've been living & who I've become. In the past year and a half my life has changed numerous times, making me come to realizations that aren't always easy. Thankfully I've been blessed with friends that have been there for me always.
Christmas day finally came & Santa went overboard as always. I do love every thing I got though and am very thankful for my family and being able to share the holidays with them. My family didn't have our traditional Christmas meal though. I was fine with it not being at our house & that we didn't have an actual meal (we always have WAY too much food so we just grazed all day), but we didn't even pray & thank God for his son's birth. WHAT? yeah, isn't that what Christmas is about & what my whole family believes in? That's what they'd tell you anyway.
So this all leads back to enjoy what you've got when you've got it. I suppose I could've asked for everybody to get together & pray, but who knows who I would've inconvenienced. I could've gotten upset and shoved my thoughts at people, but I didn't. Life flies by fast & you've gotta make the most of it, or you have nobody to blame but yourself.
ok, enough preaching, it's almost a new year and hopefully this next year will rock my face off because this past year....well it had it's good moments, but they were kinda overweighed by bad moments. I can't wait for Tuesday to see my family in Tinley Park, IL & then to see more SFers on Wed. & then to see more friends & their family in Jenison, MI on Thur. YAY! love yall & hope your Christmas was great! MWA