Happy New Year Everybody!

What is the new year but a mark of the passing time? An end of one and the start of another. Why does Man give such importance to endings and beginnings? New Year, anniversaries, birthdays, death days. It seems we just don’t get enough of celebrations. Especially the Filipinos, we celebrate EVERYTHING. Feast of various saints, not to mention the various celebrations of other religions, ramadan, chinese new year, diwali (?), a baby’s first step, a child’s first day of school, the first word uttered, monsary (month anniversary), second monsary, (third monsary?) . It just goes without saying that filipinos are a thankful lot. We recognize our blessings and we just have to say ‘thank you’ in our own way.

Strangely enough the coming new year makes us think of the things we have done the previous year and plan the inevitable ‘new years resolution’. I don’t think this pattern of thinking is coincidental. Deep inside we all want to be someone different, someone better than we are a year ago.

I always say life is a constant celebration. Waking up each day is enough to cause a street party! (woohoo!) Being able to experience LIFE, to actually live it and not merely existing for some mundane reason is all that matters. How are we to appreciate the magnificence of a birth of a child or the simple joy of carefree laughter or the warm smile of a friend without pain of loss or even anger? How do we know something can begin without knowing there has to be an end?

Random Thoughts #1

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