If there is hope there is hope
Yes yes yes, I have to apologize for being so lazy lately and not blogging as much as I want to, I’m working on many projects, I started doing some web sites translations, working on setting up an online store which I will call muna’s box among many other things
Just days ago my mom went back to Paraguay and now I’m getting organized again, and as you know it takes a while…and then you know, holidays arriving, fixing things in the house, buying stuff, running errands, catching up with friends (some Paraguayan’s)….well, I’m not that lazy after all.
And my birthday is approaching too, that’s fun, Xmas, my bd and new year all in the same week.
Two of my friends are going to spend holidays in Paraguay, well, and I got all jealous, of course, this time of the year is great there, well, like everywhere.
When I first came to Seattle and spend Xmas here it was so not Xmas for me, after have spent 27 very hot Xmas in Paraguay, having a cold or even white Xmas was so strange so…….. Cold, humans are creatures of habits and I’m still on the process of realizing that Jesus was not born in a swimming suit and that Christmas must not actually be warm or cold or white or rainy (like in Seattle) or rich or poor.
Christmas is a condition of the heart, a connection with other human being, a state of mind, for me it is emotional, of course I would love to be in Paraguay now with my friends and relatives, eating chipa and having to be indoors with airconditioning to bear the outside hot weather.
The last month of the year it’s just a stretch of the year, nothing starts, everybody is just waiting for the new year and what the new year will bring, more hope? hope of What?, more happiness? money? love? Peace?
Well, I don’t have the crystal ball and can’t predict the future but what I wish among all spiritual gifts is peace and strength to keep going on.
Sadly but truly a big part of Paraguay’s population will have an empty table this year or no presents under the tree, and that affects me emotionally not because of the Xmas celebration per se, but for it context, it’s meaning…the empty table or not being able to grant children’s expectations or the thought of another year passed without being able to move forward.
The feeling of frustration and the lack of hope or the sensation of the imminent lost of strength are just a wake up call to get up everyday and know that the future is ahead and there is always something new to look forward, and my fellows Paraguayan know that better than no one.
And as I always say: If there is hope there is hope and I’m sure that we are very blessed in our little corner in the heart of South America.
FELIZ NAVIDAD PARAGUAY !!
