Gone Festive! part 2

The spirit’s definitely here..
Only 2 days before Christmas and everything’s right on track in a city dressed with its festive garments* to welcome the most awaited time of the year.
And while the happiness is drawn on almost everyone’s face, there’s still an inexplicable trace of melancholy that wonders around..
Could it be some subconscious loneliness or longing for warmth or is it related with the ending of the year thus the ending of another period in our lives where insecurities prevail before a new year/beginning? Come to think of it, would an answer to this really matter? I guess not..

After all, the way I see it, there’s always a – to every + in life and perhaps that’s the way things should be in order to balance things out.

*: mobile pictures of Festive Athens@night

On another note, a different example of + and – would be last night where I was invited to yet another holiday gathering with some friends. In what seemed to be a flawless evening, a good friend of ours, who couldn’t attend because he wasn’t feeling very well, called us to let us know he would go to the hospital to see a doctor because he was getting worse by the hour. We obviously volunteered and took him immediately to the emergencies where he had to unfortunately spend the night. :-( Fortunately he is doing much better now although he’s still in the hospital as we speak.
Don’t get me wrong, in no way would I see the change of plans of the evening as a “-” but it is instead the health issue of my friend that I’m referring to. And although one “+” would be that he’s recuperating and out of immediate danger, there’s still another important “+” that lies in last night’s events. The fact that we were there for him in a time of need.