As Ate Giella and I met up to plan for this year end celebration, the death of the 'king of pop' Michael Jackson was still hot on the news stands...and since most of the titos and titas in the community grew up with MJ songs we kept hearing the suggestions of an MJ theme this Christmas...so we kept saying 'yes po' but inside we kept trying to relate MJ to Christmas...and knew that we have a big brainstorm waiting for us...
...But there was something natural about that night as we lay on our stomachs talking and planning for a theme...that we began to understand the beauty of the lyrics of MJ's songs and relating it to the recent happenings of the world and in our personal lives...and connecting it to the most wonderful time of the year...
"heal the world" "make it a better place"..when we sing these lyrics we often think its impossible because we are only one person in the entire universe trying to make a difference so then we feel helpless
...but it was a night of clarity because we understood that "healing the world" doesnt mean to save it alone...it simply means starting to do something, anything, no matter how little impact it brings. Healing the world can start within a family, a group of friends, or a community, but more importantly it can start with "me" first...healing "myself" and humbling "myself" to be healed as the first step to heal others...and heal their worlds....
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