Darkness is a blessing too

Someone close to me said during the Christmas eve that she wants this year to end. “Lots of misfortunes,” she told me. She even cried when she told me that if not for her son which was born this year, she received no blessing whatsoever.

What is this season really? Christmas is supposed to be the happiest day when we celebrate the birth of our dear Jesus Christ. We put up our Christmas trees, decorate it with lights, put Christmas lights on our windows (mine is a bunch of blinking grapes) and of course, Christmas lanterns, parties, exchange gifts.

It is not only Christmas were we use light to celebrate. On the 31st of this month, we will light fireworks to welcome the New Year, on Valentines Day, there are the romantic candles and the birthday candles we blow on our birthdays.

There are times we come to be surrounded by darkness.

I have been there loads of times when I got sick and almost died in 2003; when I had an accident and almost got blind in 2005 and when my Dad died that same year and I got financially drained; when I fell in love only to discover that I have been duped and betrayed (tragically I have discovered the betrayal a few days before Christmas two years ago). I sometimes doesn’t feel like celebrating. I felt like I’d rather be alone, away from all the happy noise and the blinking lights. I felt like there is no hope, that my life will always be in the dark, that I would much rather have died in 2003 than endure all the pain and losses of love and betrayal.

It was like the days to Christmas-longer nights, shorter days. But despite the many nights, Christmas will come and the lights will surely light our paths.

Light always comes back no matter what. Amidst the cloud is the silver lining, after the night comes the dawn and the bright, sunny morning.

Just like our lives, when we suddenly marvel at how days passed and we managed to cope up. The darkest of night has passed and the bright sunshine light up our hearts and put a smile back to our face.

So, don’t fret. Whatever tragedy you are feeling these days, it is nothing but the dark road towards a glorious Christmas morning. It is also a blessing, a lesson learned and a trial that has strengthen your resolve.

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