Hajja Salesjana

events which occur throughout our humdrum mundane days brimming with little divine tokens of goodness strewn along our life’s path which require our attentiveness to perceive them. Alas various friends of mine did not make it into 2023... Their life’s journey came to an end in 2022. For some it was a gradual slow halt while for others, it was a sudden slamming on life’s breaks swerving them into eternity in the blink of an eye. These losses have made me more appreciative of each moment and each person in my life. All can be gone in a split second. Gratitude is indeed a wonderful approach to our existence here on Earth. We are here but once and hence it is indeed worth it to truly savour and enjoy the journey despite the hurdles, the heartaches, the betrayals, the hard work, the difficulties, the doubts, the lack of acknowledgement and the fears which will undoubtedly hamper us as we trudge along. With gratitude we can choose to see beyond these apparent stumbling blocks on our way and rather decide to see them as challenges to help us grow through what we go through making us more resilient and strong. That is the secret! And then let us move onwards never getting stuck in a ‘what if?’ or ‘why me?’ attitude as that would drag us onto a slippery slope leading to the treacherous vicious vortex of self pity and self doubt which suck the beauty out of life. Life is God’s gift to us. What we make out of it, is our gift back to Him. Hence what sort of gift are we giving back to our Creator God who has loved us into being right from the EDITORIAL Fr. Sandro Camilleri sdb Overwhelmed by divine grace or overcome by busyness? Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash.com As a New Year dawns, expectations bloom and blossom within our heart and mind spurring us onwards in hope, trusting that what lies ahead is imbued in goodness. Life has a funny way of teaching us what truly matters at the end of the day. As time goes by, I grow in deeper awareness that each and every day is a gift. Alas we often take our life and all those who journey with us for granted but once something barges in and thwarts what we consider normality, somehow the mists that surround our consciousness from appreciating each moment begin to lift and then we start to see life in all its stark beauty, beauty so fragile, beauty so precious, beauty so unique... Rather than heeding to the depressing News headlines every single day reminding us of our world’s brokenness, of humanity’s greed and of the hold money has on many to the detriment of many others, let us opt to have our own daily positive headlines by outlining wonderful 3 Jannar - Marzu 2023 hajja