tenth day of the twelfth month

sacrifice

Function: verb

transitive verb 1 : to offer as a sacrifice 2 : to suffer loss of, give up, renounce, injure, or destroy especially for an ideal, belief, or end

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(tenth day of the twelfth month: twenty-secondth day of twenty-sixth year)

There I was, trying to recall anything that I've done in my entire life that I could nobly count as a sacrifice. And you know... I can't think of anything.

Well... there had been moments in my life when I felt hurt or even angry with myself and my circumstances for having had to do something. Even if I knew at that instance that my action or decision would be for the better.

What IS "sacrifice" and what IS one's "sacrifice threshold"?
I had always believed it's okay to sacrifice one's wants, just as long as it does not eat into one's own needs. After all, needs are the bare minimum...

But then again, what ARE our needs and WHO determines these?
Ourselves?
The human race?

So the one or two "sacrifices" I thought of...
they all paled miserably in comparison to what today is meant to commemorate.

Sacrifices... no matter how noble, sometimes it's tough to look at the bigger picture when you're struggling with your own emotions... The struggle to carry out what we think is right.

Sometimes it could hurt real bad when you can't have something that you THINK you need...

But I guess...
as long as you have something to keep you going...
to keep your heart beating...

That's the one and only thing you'll ever need...

True faith.



And with that, I thank Him for having granted me twenty six years and twenty-two days...