By Francis J. Kong
(The Philippine Star)
Updated December 31, 2011
Husband and wife were having this conversation a few days before the end of the year.
Husband: “Did you make a New Year’s resolution for the 2012, dear?”
Wife: “Yes. I promise that, starting the first of January, I’ll spend less money at the mall.”
Husband: “That’s wonderful! Now, how would you like to spend New Year’s Eve?”
Wife: “I want to go to the mall and shop like crazy until midnight.”
I didn’t know there’s such a thing as “Last Supper shopping”!
Well, the year is about to end. Allow me to greet with you with this greeting I got last year from an anonymous source:
Have a safe and happy New Year!
May your hair, your teeth, your face-lift, your abs and your stocks
not fall; and may your blood pressure, your triglycerides, your
cholesterol, your white blood count and your mortgage interest not rise.
May you get a clean bill of health from your dentist, your
cardiologist, your gastroenterologist, your urologist, your
proctologist, your podiatrist, your psychiatrist, your plumber, and the
BIR.
May you find a way to travel from anywhere to anywhere during rush
hour in less than an hour, and when you get there may you find a
parking space.
May this evening, Dec. 31, find you seated around the dinner table,
together with your beloved family and cherished friends, ushering in
the New Year ahead. You will find the food better, the environment
quieter, the cost much cheaper and the pleasure much more fulfilling
than anything else you might ordinarily do that night.
May what you see in the mirror delight you and what others see in you delight them.
May the telemarketers wait to make their sales calls until you
finish dinner. May your checkbook and your budget balance, and may they
include generous amounts for your church and charities.
May you remember to say “I love you” at least once a day to your
spouse, your child and your parent(s). You can say it to your
secretary, your nurse, your butcher, your photographer, your masseuse,
your seamstress, your hairdresser or your tennis instructor, but not
with a “twinkle” in your eye.
May we live as intended, in a world at peace with the awareness of
the beauty in every sunset, every flower’s unfolding petals, every
baby’s smile and every wonderful, astonishing, miraculous beat of our
heart.
Bless you with every happiness, great health, peace, and much love during the next year and all those that follow.
The New Year brings in a different set of challenges. But still, we need to live life one day at a time. And still, we ought to live thankful to God, for the grace and mercy He showers upon us every day.
Let me end this year with the following greeting:
May you have
Enough success to keep you eager,
Enough failure to keep you humble,
Enough joy to share with others,
Enough trials to keep you strong,
Enough hope to keep you happy,
Enough faith to banish depression,
Enough friends to give you comfort,
Enough determination to make each day better than yesterday.
And may you grow more in love and grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ the Savior every day in the year to come.
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