My Christmas Greeting for 2000
WOW, what a year this has been! Each of us has had many new experiences, both good and not so positive, but that is how it has always been. Changes in our lives help keep us on our toes, bringing us down from the clouds of impossible fantasy dreams and expectations, planting our feet firmly on the ground again. They hopefully make us more understanding, patient, accepting, balanced and loving individuals. They can help focus our horizons and better coordinate our plans for the future.
I am still alive and semi overly active, which is a plus!
Was I able to do all or even most of the things I had hoped to do this year? Not by a longshot! Work always seems to be there and gets done little by little!
This is the SECOND year that I have not sent out a single Christmas card -- my extensive Year End Summary reports and this holiday message replace, once again, my usual cherished snail mail greetings. I simply did NOT find the time nor the energy to send out the cards, which I have MANY full boxes of -- PLUS loads of stamps!
What about my debts? MOST of my smaller monthly back bills are paid, but the few larger ones are still waiting for some miracle to happen. Do I still, after 60 years, believe in the power of prayer and miracles? YES -- it is perhaps the ONLY thing which has kept me going, despite the varied setbacks encountered this year. I learned to go with the flow, doing what I can at any particular moment, no more, no less.
Thank GOD for eBay, which has helped me stay afloat this year! A couple times I was seriously considering filing for personal bankruptcy just to make a fresh start more in line with my disability pension income. It would have been a radical solution and the easy way out -- BUT I never seem to do anything in the easiest manner! My parents instilled a strong work ethic in my character, one which leaves little time for what most people consider fun. My personal variety of fun has always been doing whatever I do -- so I have really had loads of doing-fun this year! Everything else was simply a series of sometimes unexpected sidelights - things that just happen along the way.
Do I worry about things? I always have (in my own way) about people, the world and even about myself -- and perhaps it helps find solutions, at least to personal problems, although it may take a while longer than hoped for.
What about my place in Tenerife? I have not been there in over 2 years already. I have to find some way to get back to the Canaries this year to see how everything is surviving in my absence. Bills have been piling up there also, but Horacio (and his wife, Ima), one of my FEW best friends, helped pay the bills (which were sizable!) and keeps in touch on a regular basis.
My health? I have NOT had a checkup in at least 2 years, and keep telling myself that I should make an appointment NEXT week, as I do not feel really up to par. I have a suspicion that they will find something that needs intervention, BUT I am NOT really all that excited to potentially have to be back in the hospital again. This time I would NOT be as lucky as I was the last time! Maybe I should just try to sleep more, and at the normal hours!
A summing up - Life continues and amazes, GRACIAS A DIOS!!
My prayers and best wishes go out to you and your families
during the Holidays and throughout the new year.
May you find the Fortitude needed, and have the Health, to
realize your dreams, see your hopes fulfilled
and actualize your limitless human potential!
Sonny
God Bless !
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