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It is always the simple things that change our lives. And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so. You feel like running, but life is on a stroll. This is how God does things. – Donald Miller
I remember very clearly it was one past midnight I was going down the attic when I almost stepped on five pieces of orange candies on the stairs. At the foot of the stairs were my father and mother who apparently had been waiting for me to go down. They knew I was coming because they heard my little footsteps on the attic’s floor. As I picked up the candies one by one, putting some on my pocket and opening one straight to my mouth I noticed that my parents looked somewhat amused. I reckoned I’d said thank you to my parents, and their response was Santa left the candies.
That moment is still vivid to me: the smile of my father, and my mother’s amused face as she clasped her two arms, and waiting how their baby boy reacted. It was the most heart-warming expression of love I’ve ever known.
It’s Christmas season and a time for giving. It’s the time to give someone something you truly mean to give and be remembered throughout the year. It may not be expensive but something that would give meaning to the spirit of Christmas, and above all the gift is something that represents you, the giver.
The five orange candies that my parents gave to me one Christmas time has instilled in me up to now the appreciation of simple things. I also learned how to pay back something no matter how small, or grand as long as I can afford it. I may not be the best person that I could be but I make it a point to redeem myself at the most opportune time to appease someone I hurt, whether in thoughts or a slight slip of my tongue.
Who knows? Any time this season the best Christmas gift will come our way from the most unexpected person.
