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Christmas. A day when family and friends gather for a time of celebration and feasting. Soon ur turkey and stuffing will be in the oven and pleasant aromas will fill the kitchen. I am smiling while running my fingers on the keyboard right this moment picturing the smiles on everyone's face. In fact, there is christmas caroling in my house couple of hours ago. Almost 30 of them with Christmas hat on, showered us with joyful Christmas carols. I am truly blessed.

I feel refreshed and full of life.

For many of us this holiday season will be filled with delicious food, exciting presents, and fun memories as we spend time with our families. That, however, will not be the case for some ppl. I came across with an article. Its about a girl from Swaziland, Africa. She suffered from disability. and more about Swazi culture, ppl with disability are viewed as being demon possessed. The unfortunate girl, who is already struggling for survival, have to bear an additional burden.

To dismay, her dad had abandoned her years before and her mother remarried, didn't want her and left her behind. Her great grandmother is now raising her. The volunteer who has paid her a visit in Swaziland, told the great grandmother :"you've got one special girl here" But her reaction was shocking. She said," You can have her! "

yet through all these, she maintained the surprisingly positive spirit.

and I just couldn't get her out of my heart and mind.

In our busy and demanding lives, its easy to focus on our challenges and overlook the things we are truly blessed to enjoy. Its always easy to lament what we dont have, rather than appreciate what we do have. Dont take anything you have for granted. Instead express ur gratitude for all ur many blessings. Great and small.

3 billion ppl on the face of the earth go to bed hungry every night. But 4 billion ppl go to bed every night hungry for a simple word of encouragement and recognition.

If you would like to see how ur words impacting on others, watch this award winning clip. It is one of the best clip I'd ever seen besides earthlings. Watch it when you have the spare 17 minutes :)

The wrong words can rip ppl apart and make them wonder if they ever had anything in common at all. The right ones can draw ppl closer and make them wonder how they ever lived apart. After all, the fabric of relationship is fragile. The words you use either sew the stitches tighter together, or loosen the seams till the fraying threads can barely hold themselves together.