Year End Reflections/Musings

How can two lives be so different when side-by-side they reside?

One born with access to all that the world offers and the other struggling to see beyond their open hands;

One who has much but craves more and the other not knowing what more is but imagines something different;

One who gives what they can but never going without and the other giving ALL and often going without;

One who feels guilt for the life they have when next door that life is only tasted in dreams…

Endless options

Excessive waste

Countless opportunities

Forever undecided

Chances to change

Escape 

And yet their worlds so different but so intertwined

For their hope is what binds them, hope in someone higher

In Him – all is possible

For what is before them, they give thanks

In Him – strength was found

For the things that have passed, they know have shaped them

In Him – there is purpose

For what lies ahead is in His hands

The end of another year draws ever closer.

This will be the first year (that I can remember) away from any member of my family – but as cliché as it may sound, I will be spending it with my new family – Steph and Lauren, fellow Christmas-VSO-orphans, we will have an awesome time in Rusizi (South-West Rwanda – bottom end of Lake Kivu.)  Glyn, Mary and Becks – it won’t be the same without you but we’ll raise a glass (or two) to/for you!

New Year will be spent with the wider VSO community – I think 11 of us in total in Gisenyi (North-West Rwanda – top end of Lake Kivu.)  Phil & Ange, I’m taking a few glow-sticks up there – maybe not entirely the purpose for which you sent them to me for…but hey ho, at least you know they’re being put to good use!

So with that, I wish my lovely readers a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS and a MERRY NEW YEAR! :)  It'll be a new dawn, a new day and it'll feel good!  May your celebrations be filled with much joy and laughter with an abundance of cheer and merriment.  God bless you all!