Hello, my friends!
Happy holidays! I hope and pray that your Christmas was bright and beautiful surrounded by family and friends and that your New Year's will be filled with both blessed memories of 2010 and new hope for 2011. :D For myself, I celebrated this holiday season with the A Totally Tomorrowland Cast, which has become my "'ohana" family. :D Can you believe 2011 is already here? Where's the flying cars? :P
My life has been blessed most recently, due to God's constant hand in my life and the prayer warriors who have surrounded my life. Looking out over this past year, I can't help but see God's hand in my life. From relaxing vacations, friends and family coming to visit, buying a townhome, being cast in the Halloween Parade with Mickey, being cast in the Totally Tomorrowland Christmas Show with Stitch, being cast in Star Wars Weekends and Last Tour to Endor with the Jawas, making new friends.. the list goes on. Glory to God! :D
Concerning my roommate situation, the intensity of the pain has subsided to a dull ache, and I was even able to confront them both and discuss exactly what happened and why they did what they did. Their response? They didn't mean to hurt me, they've been hurting themselves for years in order not to hurt me, I've hurt them, and if they hurt me, they were sorry." When I asked why they gave their reasonings, specifically the reason that I was creating an "unhealthy living environment due to my extremist living," the response was, "So you hate me for being honest with you." So that's a taste of how the communication was flowing.
From that talk, I discovered a few things that I value in the friendships I do have, and how I wish that I could have had that with my two roommates. They are: 1) True friends do not hide things from each other, unless it's a surprise birthday party. 2) True friends do not focus on "hurt" in their friendship, but instead on "love." For example, "How can I love you and see how much you love me?" is far better than "How can I not hurt you and avoid being hurt by you?" 3) True friends do not try to change each other. If a friendship is true and good, friends will change each other in the course of their friendship anyways. Most of you, my friends who read this blog, have changed me into a better person, not by telling me how to change, but being for me an excellent example of good. And I thank you. Thank you for giving me the grace to be and the room to become, and I earnestly hope I provide the same grace for you. :D
Speaking of friends, I should introduce you to my newest friend, Joe. He and I are enjoying becoming close friends, and we are now dating. :D We met at Star Wars Weekends, and through a close mutual friend, we started chatting and hanging out. He is extremely thoughtful, sweet, and best of all, patient. :D I honestly think that God put him into my life, knowing that I needed some encouragement after the brutality of my roommate situation. :D Praise be to God, Who works in ways far superior and more mysterious than our own! :D
I have so much eager anticipation for the new year! I am sad to be leaving this year behind, with all of it's blessings and growth, and especially the Christmas season with my "'ohana" at the Tomorrowland Stage, but I know I have so much to look forward to. I will be learning the Castle Show, I already have two new wonderful roommates lined up to move in in January, friends and family are coming to visit throughout the year, I have vacation to visit friends and family, and of course, there's always Star Wars Weekends, Halloween, and the Christmas season all over again! On top of it all, new friends will come, and old friends will become even more dear.
Cheers to you! May God be praised in the coming year!
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