Où sont mes cadeaux de Noël?

Where are my Christmas presents? – The only question I had in my mind this morning.

I have been waiting for Santa the whole year, the year of recession, the year of lowest salary hike, the year of ups and downs, the year of toughest times, the year of struggles and the year of surprises.

I thought there ain’t no Santa for me this year!

Finally, I looked out of window and suddenly remembered my old phrase –

“Think for the worst and get the best” 

Was this year that bad after all?

“No”, I said again “No”. Things could have been even worst. I suddenly started to think about all the worst that could have happened –

What if I had lost job? – Millions of people lost their jobs during the recession; I could have been one of them, at least I have a job.

What if there were no salary hikes? – There were billions of people in world, who had no salary hikes this year; I could have been one of them, at least I got something to joy.

What if there were no struggles or tough times? – If there were no struggles this year, I would never have learned to write so much, I would never have improved my English, I would never have never have learned French, I would never have learned anything about myself, and I would never have put my first step toward my biggest goal. Without all these struggles life would have been a dead man’s life, this year I got so many things to joy for.

What if there were no surprises? – Yes, this year was full of surprises, but it could have been even worst. One of my very good friends had an accident and broke his spinal cord, however he is still alive that is more than anything I could ask for. Without this surprise I would never have learned the value of a friend and the value of a life. I worked really hard the whole year towards my goal, goal that I could have very easily achieved, however I missed that by a surprise margin. Without this surprise I would never have learned the value of hard work and the value of getting even stronger after a failure. I have learned to say “Yes” to life, now I am ready to accept any surprise in my life as in a Jim Carrey’s “Yes man”.

I thought of all the worst that could have happened in a year. Finally, I came to a conclusion that “this year could have been even worst, this year was not that bad after all”.

Do I need Santa this year?

I said: “No” I already got all that was best for me. ‘Yes man’ finally said No!!!!

“Think for the worst and get the best”