Happy Holidays!

Dear diary,

  

               
 Merry Christmas and happy Boxing Day.
                             Well today is boxing day and that’s the day after Christmas when we have to box ourselves….kidding. Well as I read, it’s a time when the higher classes gives gifts to the lower classes. Before or on December 25^th people of similar class would exchange gifts to celebrate Christmas. And gifts were not exchanged with the lower class until the next day called Boxing Day. It is also known as st. Stephen’s day. It is called Boxing Day because the gifts were placed into boxes for easier transportation. So this period is always declared a public holiday for everyone except for me. Not that I worked today, but if they asked me to work, I will have to. And that is really so unfair.
Who am I going to tell that to?

        Happy holidays again to all my friends who had it.
Someone  invited me to the beach tomorrow, but I won’t be able to go because I have to go to work. Now am getting tired of the work (Father, forgive me), I mean I can’t even travel with every one, or go out and enjoy myself, its just work! Work!! Work!!!

       Right now am all home alone, just got back from church and trying to bore myself. Although I  had many invitations to ‘chill out’ with friends, but I just wanna stay home today;do some house cleanings before my family comes back from their trip, cook good food , watch movies and have a good sleep (may be I’ll have to turn off my cell phone).
 I know you’ll think am so boring and dry, and you actually guessed right.. yes i am so boring even sometimes i feel like running away from me.  **Grinning**

                   

hugs and kisses

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The Woods

          As i was about to sleep last night i remembered i had to check by box for a friend's email address which i wrote in one of my old books, as i brought out the the book, an old  piece of paper fell out, on it was a story i loved so much and kept and i think i should share it with you..



            Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods. They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said, "Someday I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold, silver and precious gems. I could be decorated with intricate carving and everyone would see the beauty."

Then the second tree said, "Someday I will be a mighty ship. I will take kings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of the world. Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull."

Finally the third tree said, "I want to grow to be the tallest and straightest tree in the forest. People will see me on top of the hill and look up to my branches, and think of the heavens and God and how close to them I am reaching. I will be the greatest tree of all time and people will always remember me."

After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, a group of woodsmen came upon the trees. When one came to the first tree he said, "This looks like a strong tree, I think I should be able to sell the wood to a carpenter" ... and he began cutting it down. The tree was happy, because he knew that the carpenter would make him into a treasure chest.

At the second tree a woodsman said, "This looks like a strong tree, I should be able to sell it to the shipyard." The second tree was happy because he knew he was on his way to becoming a mighty ship.

When the woodsmen came upon the third tree, the tree was frightened because he knew that if they cut him down his dreams would not come true. One of the woodsmen said, "I don't need anything special from my tree so I'll take this one", and he cut it down.

When the first tree arrived at the carpenters, he was made into a feed box for animals. He was then placed in a barn and filled with hay. This was not at all what he had prayed for. The second tree was cut and made into a small fishing boat. His dreams of being a mighty ship and carrying kings had come to an end. The third tree was cut into large pieces and left alone in the dark. The years went by, and the trees forgot about their dreams.

           Then one day, a man and woman came to the barn. She gave birth and they placed the baby in the hay in the feed box that was made from the first tree. The man wished that he could have made a crib for the baby, but this manger would have to do. The tree could feel the importance of this event and knew that it had held the greatest treasure of all time. Years later, a group of men got in the fishing boat made from the second tree. One of them was tired and went to sleep. While they were out on the water, a great storm arose and the tree didn't think it was strong enough to keep the men safe. The men woke the sleeping man, and he stood and said "Peace" and the storm stopped. At this time, the tree knew that it had carried the King of Kings in its boat.

        Finally, someone came and got the third tree. It was carried through the streets as the people mocked the man who was carrying it. When they came to a stop, the man was nailed to the tree and raised in the air to die at the top of a hill. When Sunday came, the tree came to realize that it was strong enough to stand at the top of the hill and be as close to God as was possible, because Jesus had been crucified on it.

        The meaning of this story is that when things don't seem to be going our way, and our plans dont seems to work as we imagined ,always know that God  have a better plan for you,If you place your trust in Him.
Each of the trees got what they wanted, just not in the way they had imagined. We don't always know what God's plans are for us. We just know that His ways are not our ways,his thoughts towards us are of good and not of evil  and  His ways and plans are always the best...ღღღღ