Apologia: The Hubris of I (part 2)

I'm going home to my province for the holidays. I go there today specifically because I want to complete the nine Misa de Gallo for the Christmas novena, which begins tomorrow at 4:30 a.m. That said, this will be my last post for 2009. This year I've had some real highs and real lows but all in all 2009 has been good to me. I don't really have any new resolutions for 2010. I'm recycling...for shame. -_- I've discovered that I can't really change everything I don't like about myself. I'm afraid I have to live with many of them. But next year, I begin to live the dividing line between what I want to do and what I think I should do. I clip my wings myself and look out. Probably, I will be miserable for the most part but there will be (I hope) genuine intense moments of joy, too -- and that's something I'd rather have than this...aimless freedom.

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R.I.P. Barrack

Born: 2011 Died: April 5, 2016 It's terrible. I'm still torn up about it. But I hope he was happy during his stay with us and that he is in a better place now. Bye, Barrack.

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