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The Best Christmas Gift Ever: Finding Blessings in Challenges
by Emmanuel Dagher
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“There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands.” ~Richard Bach
Recently, I began reflecting on a time in my life I hadn’t thought about in a while.
I began remembering the time when I was five years old and staying with my great aunt and uncle, because the town my mom and I lived in was under siege and unsafe.
Our town was experiencing some of the heightened turbulence that became quite common in many towns and cities during the Lebanese Civil War, which lasted from the mid-seventies to the early nineties.
Having the opportunity to stay with my great aunt and uncle for a little while was a treat because they lived in an area that was a bit safer.
However, I was still uneasy, because my mom could not stay with us due to work commitments.
Though she would visit us as often as possible, that Christmas she ended up being stuck at her workplace for days longer than she had intended because the route between us had become unsafe to travel.
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Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2014/12/the-best-christmas-gift-ever-finding.html
