Today, I've been taking care of my fiancé. They are, hopefully, just a little bit sick.
I'm somehow both in a depressive funk yet also feeling great. I'm both not doing badly yet also feeling like I am. Hard to describe.
I will say though that I did write to Santa this year.
I can’t believe in anything 100%. My heart and soul is too closed off to have no voice of doubt which prevents me from having absolute faith in anything--which is saddening, because it feels like without absolute belief, a part of my childhood wonder and joy has died.
BUT, despite no ONE-HUNDRED percent absolute complete total faith, I still have 99.99% faith in things. Which is the closest thing I can ever do.
And I have that 99% belief in a lot of things. Some personal version of God not matching any scripture. The Traffic Gods. Witchy stuff. Spiritual practices. Other people. And, yes, Santa Claus.
I have absolute belief in them, as close as I can to faith in them.
So, yes, I believe in Santa, and wrote to Santa this year.
I...doubt my wishes will be granted.
Aside from being an adult, I am also filled with enough shortcomings that if Santa delivered, I would likely be on the naughty list. Or my lack of true 100% belief would stop it. Or other reasons. Maybe I wrote the letters to the wrong place.
That, aside from how my wishes are things I don’t think Santa can actually deliver.
They probably shouldn’t be mentioned before anyway, there’s probably a rule about not telling what you want.
I dunno.
But, I just wanted to share them anyway, to put the energy out there.
The three gifts I wished for were
Forgiveness,
Joy,
And Healed Spirit.
Like I said. I kinda doubt Santa has the power to grant me any of my wishes.
But...they are what I want most of all.
I want to be seen as I am, flaws and all, but be forgiven for my past mistakes and seen as my truer self, the better positive side of me.
I want to spread joy in the world, by promoting laughter and happiness and non-toxic positivity.
And I want my spirit to be healed, to have that inner awe and wonder and joy restored within me, so that I can better accomplish that goal.
I know my wishes are too ambitious. I know I ask too much. I know I want the impossible. So, I know Santa can’t fulfill my wish, even if Santa wanted to. Santa would have every reason not to deliver me anything, yet alone, impossible intangible gifts like this.
Still.
I put it out there, because I want to do better. Next year, and for the rest of my life.