Merry Christmas
So last two years were really tough years for us. 2024, I lost my loved one, 2023, we lost our mother/grandmother, Zoya. People talk about sorrow, suffering, grief, depression. All of these words, can’t really describe how you feel when you really go through the loss of a loved one.
Even though we held onto hope, that we would somehow see him/her again, it was just a brutal time that we were going through, right at Christmas. It felt pretty hard to celebrate.
And then I heard this song. It was just a video on YouTube and the artist was singing about the very struggle I was having. As my family and I listened to the words of this song, it expressed exactly what we were feeling. It also gave us what we needed at the time. That was comfort. So many people struggle with loss at this time of year, not just me. If you are missing someone this Christmas, I want to dedicate this song to you. I also want to dedicate it to Zoya, my sweet mamma, who I miss very much.
P:S. These are the precepts by which I live:
Expect the best; and take what comes.
Being ready is not what matters.
What matters is winning after we take what comes. So, train hard. Under pressure and stress, we don’t rise to the occasion, we sink to the level of our preparation.
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Olga Nickole
Christmas. Natale.
Pontem Mundus s.p.d.
S.V.B.E.E.Q.V
Tonight, not tomorrow .. tonight your liberator wants to meet you in your flesh, in what you do not like, to tell you that you too have the right to great joy, yes, you who believe that happiness is a dress that doesn't suit you! And be careful that missing the opportunity for this joy does not simply mean missing the opportunity for a meeting but missing the opportunity of life, the opportunity to give a dimension of depth to your existence. Meeting Christ who wants to be born in your life means discovering that light that can give meaning to your shadows, to your moments of despair, to every piece of your person, even the most apparently insignificant ones, means to discover that you are made for beauty. The essence of your life does not lie in a series of moral laws to be followed in view of a reward or a punishment; your life consists of an encounter, an encounter that changes you radically, that makes you beautiful, always, if you accept the disarming innocence of a child. You have to start over with the child in you, you have to have the courage to be reborn right there, where you are now. So celebrating Christmas is not celebrating one party but celebrating your rebirth in front of the gaze of Someone who tells you: "You are always a marvel in my eyes". Tonight, not tomorrow! Don't miss this appointment .. Merry Christmas to you all! Dies sint tibi laetitiae ac successuum pleni!
Olga Nickole Kuyan