Someone has said, “Foolish men think of the Past, wise men
think of the Present, and evil men think of the Future.” Whether a person is
wise or evil, then, only Time can tell. It’s not that I am implying anything –
I don’t necessarily agree with the quote even. Let me allow myself to be
foolish a bit and think of the Past today so that I can be thankful. It’s
Thanksgiving after all.
I am thankful that I used to be able to enjoy some family
time during holidays. I still remember those Thanksgivings when I could expect
some good turkey, sweet potatoes, and green beans. Best food ever: full of
love, joy, and tastiness.
I am thankful that I used to have a person to love and to be
loved. Isn’t Love the most precious thing, for me to have someone to be waited
for, some place to fall back to when all else wrongs, some hope to lean on to
when the future is clouded with vast chaos?
And I am thankful for every other good thing that used to happen
in the Past. Joyous time when hanging out with friends, self-fulfilling occasions
when important things accomplished, and peaceful moments when sitting alone on
the grass under the red, windy sky. And yes, I learned to love the rain, too!
Rain was happiness. It may still is,
because I still remember.
How does one define what a happy life is? To me a good life
is the one which has many good moments in it. Some family moment, some good
friendships, some achievements, one love. And maybe that’s quite enough for a
life to be entitled as “happy”. Because of it, it doesn’t really matter to me
how tough this current life is, or how depressing the future can be. I already
have my happy life, and I will be thanking God for it forever.
“Một lần yêu thôi về
thắp nến linh hương trong lòng
Và ngồi hát ca bềnh bồng…”
Happy Thanksgiving to you too.
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