Thank you, 2012! I’m already in the future!

Today I said goodbye to 2012…I’m grateful to this year of my life. This year I made some of my dreams come true, met some very special people, found someone very unique…

This day I was happy to decorate our New Year’s tree. I did it as usual with my papa. I loved this moment that brings me back to my childhood.

                Me and our New Year's tree my dad and I were decorating together...

I saw some of my dear friends today. I’m really grateful for this! I’m very tired now after a glass of champagne. :)

 Well, I’m not drunk but a bit sleepy. I’ll go on celebrating in my dreams.

I’m grateful for my new dreams. I’ve already made some resolutions I’ll share with you later.

Happy New Year to everyone who’s reading my blog of joys!

  My Happy 2012...Dedicated to all my good friends that make my life complete!

                                          No Expectations

People often expect too much. Many of us really believe they deserve something. We often expect other people to feel the same what we do. And when our expectations get ruined, we fall into a great pit of depression and endless sadness.

Today I woke up and realized that what I had seen was nothing more but a night dream. It was exactly what I want. It was exactly what I’d be happy to expect. But I am not so brave to expect it in my reality. Well, I may hope. As one of my friends told me today “no one forbids us to dream. We should not give up”. I don’t know if I am ready to use this statement in my life. It’s not that I would not dream. I’ve told you in my previous message what a dreamer I am.

Once again I have realized that no expectations (don’t confuse it with no dreaming!) does make you free of unnecessary blues. It’s better to do everything without any expectation. No big ideas of the future to be formed the way you want it. Sometimes it’s just better to enjoy your present moment. Now. And it doesn’t matter if your dream is silly. Don’t expect it to come true. But go for it. Enjoy its melody, the melody of what you love doing.

I’m grateful for having no real expectations. I’m breathing now. I’m loving now. And tomorrow will be tomorrow. No idea what it will bring. I hope something new and happy. But now I’m warmed by my happiness. 

                                A Hopeless Dreamer…

I’m a dreamer. A hopeless one. Yeah.  My dream list is endless. I believe some of my dreams are never destined to come true, but the funny thing is I don’t want to plant this realistic thought into my dreamy restless mind. ;-)

Today I was enjoying a golden morning in my bed. I was daydreaming. I was thinking of someone I really want to meet one day. I imagined our meeting. A nice flower. A sunny smile. A friendly handshake. A warm hug.

Now I don’t want to think that all my dreams might just stay dreams. Now I want to enjoy the moment. And I am happily cherishing each single happy minute I have.

Today I even did what I usually never do. I showed my care. Well, my way. A weird one. But mine.

Well, I’m sorry my writings are silly today. It is not because my day was uneventful. No. I had a wonderful December day. But it’s not a diary. It’s just my collection of thoughts and wandering reflections that are not made up.
I’m grateful for my dreams that keep me alive. I’m happy to imagine what I  do not have yet. I am happy to see some of my dreams slowly becoming a reality. I am looking forward to my big dream to come true. Let’s see and wait if it really happens! 

                           A Bundle of Joy on the Way...

Today I got the greatest news ever. I’d say it’s the happiest news of the year and even maybe some years. That’s for sure. My very good friends shared their happy news with me…Next year they are going to become happy parents! At first I could not believe my ears! I thought I just misheard it. But NO! My ears got it right. Well, sounds crazy but I can’t wait to see this lovely baby I already love! I really look forward to publishing the joy of a new human being soon. ;-)

Today I was also feeling something special. One very special person in my life presented me some time and care. I was really happy and I don’t need anything else, maybe. I see today that I am perhaps very undemanding. I don’t need any great gifts or any special words. I just need one sign of care. That’s really enough. Enough to feel myself in the seventh heaven or higher.

I’m grateful for the happiness of today. For a new dear person who’s on the way to arrive next year. I’m happy to hear the voices I really miss. And I’m happy to see the faces I love. I’m really happy today.

Happiness is not having everything. Happiness is not having lots of money. Happiness is not being surrounded with many friends. Happiness is to love and to feel loved. Happiness is just a moment. Like a bird that sits on a brunch and flies away just in a second. But this moment of happiness is worth the whole life. 

                                                         Imperfect Joy

It is difficult to be perfect or ideal. There were times when I really strived to become one, to belong to this group of “special” people. Now my priorities are changed. I do not dream of being perfect anymore. Well, I would not mind being better than I am today. I would be very happy to be a better human being than I am now. I really hope I will one day.

Today I received a little email from one of my good friends I have never met for real. He wrote something that almost made me cry. He wrote “You don’t need to be perfect”. Well, sure he is very kind to me. But I believe what he wanted to say is I am the way I am and people who love me, love me for the way I am. No for the way I am not. I feel myself really blessed to have people who accept me as I am. Imperfect. With my physical challenges, with my terrible character, with my crazy ideas of life.

I am grateful for people who are able to see me as I am. And who even see things I don’t see about myself. They somehow manage to see something ideal for them. :-) I am so happy to feel their honest care. It is so easy to love someone perfect. But it usually takes great efforts to love someone’s good and negative sides. Or maybe the great mystery is when you care about your friend you do not care that much about her\his imperfectness? I am happy to be imperfect.  

                                        This video I also got today from my friend. I love it! 
                It's  in German. The end of it is: "No one is perfect. Life sometimes can be".

No Light. Cuddling With My Best Friend. Silence. Fighting Sparrows

Powercut. That means I cannot do my usual things. I cannot work. I cannot fulfill my translator’s functions of building bridges between wide oceans.

Luckily, my best friend does not need any electricity. Even no batteries. My friend has no limbs. But my friend still can cuddle me. Even let it be an invisible cuddling. Here if you still do not get my metaphor, I mean a book. Today due to the absence of electricity, I made myself comfortable in my bed nest and entered the world of a new book. That was a German book presented by my good friend. I felt terribly lazy to use my heavy paper dictionary, so I simply ignored the words I could not fully comprehend. But I am happy to boast of understanding most of the book. It fills me with some hidden pride.

It was cool to read a book in my half-dark room. Then when the darkness covered my room with its grey cloak, I started to look through the window. I could see some funny sparrows that were fighting for the food. One sparrow was especially naughty. I could not help commenting about his nasty behavior aloud.

Later the electricity came back. And my usual life pace is back. The silence is gone. I am again ready to play a role of a busy grumpy grown up (my glasses help me to look so!).

I’m grateful for this moment of inconvenience I had today without any electricity. I am grateful for lots of books I am always hungry for. ;-) I am grateful for my silent day. For my afternoon catnap. I am happy to look for small joys. I hope I’ll be an expert of joys one day. You’re welcome to join me or give me any more pieces of advice.

                                               Laughing Escape

I love to laugh. I am maybe even talented at laughing. If there were a laughter competition, I’d probably be the winner of it. Laughing is what I do when I feel happy, just glad, or when I am in love. Sometimes I laugh when my tears are trying to make their bitter way out of my green eyes.

Today many of my good friends are celebrating Christmas of our Lord Jesus Christ. I am Greek Orthodox, so I’ll celebrate this great day on the 7^th of January.

Today I did what I didn’t do for many days since I’ve been sick. I was watching some short comedies online. Some English ones. And I was almost laughing my head off. Well, I forgot all my sorrows. My laughter helped me to escape into the world of real joy. And what I like about laughing is –it makes me feel better in all senses!

I am grateful for this moment of laughter I enjoyed today. I am grateful for some moments of carefree chats I had today. I am grateful for having a bad memory for problems. :D I am grateful for being a silly romantic person at times.