�The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.�
Pearl Buck, 1938 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature

It's a travesty, I say.
For I had not yet receive any Christmas cards this year.

Still holding out hope that it's at least stuck in a pile of undelivered letters somewhere, or that the postman will actually discover it stuck to the bottom of some post office collection bin.

In any case, I've sent out my first cards this year. Not too many though given the lack of addresses of some friends that were to be on my mailing list.

Truth be told, it's definitely not easy to actually get down to writing/ drafting the content of one. And to also think of ways to decorate it (think - fake blood). Just like how I'm actually supposed to be preparing a card for someone but just can't get the energy to actually take out the markers, run through the draft, test out the combinations and last of all.. To fish out the stack of plain unadulterated cards from some drawer.. Somewhere.

Three more days to the end of the year. Wow, that's quick.

Once upon a time..
A motorboat suddenly came to a standstill in the middle of the vast blue sea.
The boatman pulled on the motor once.
And the engine sputtered momentarily..
Then died once more.
Undeterred, he yanked it with greater force and conviction.
"Brrrrrr.." went the motor and the boatman was relieved.
Unfortunately, the whir disappeared soon after.
So what now is the boatman to do?
Should he try and try and try again
Even as the futility of it all begins to sink into him?
Or would it serve him better to
Just lie down on the boat, stare into the heavens
Dream of what it could and would have been
And simply await and accept the inevitable?

Alas, our journey through life is always full of unwholesome crossroads.
Whereby we are forced to weigh up our options and make some tough decisions.

Let's hope that 2011 can be different..
That the choices be simpler
And the end be merrier.

i plan to live alone and i don't believe i fail to be a human just because i shun other's heart.
» renaye on 2011-01-01 11:31:07

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