Today I’m grateful for having spent a Christmas all by myself. via /r/gratitude

The Christmas Eve started off a bit sad – I was thinking of how everyone I know is with family and friends but I was sitting by myself, watching stand up comedy.

I’m not Christian and I have never celebrated the festival, but after having moved to North America, it does give me a sense of FOMO.

Today, I went on a walk by myself. The city was quite empty with barely a few people walking around. It’s almost like nature came to give me company because it started snowing, out of nowhere. (It never said it was going to snow on my weather alert app). It was magical. I was out there witnessing a white, beautiful Christmas. And “loneliness” very softly turned into “gratitude”. I walked around some more and really took the fresh air in, I listened to the sound of my boots stepping in snow and just watched the world as I walked. There was a magic in it. The gratitude was in spending time with myself, enjoying the quiet, taking in the snow, being free of any social / cultural / religious obligations that I don’t resonate with anyway.

I miss my family a ton. But to add to that, I’m also grateful that I’m going to be seeing them in one week from now! ❤️

Merry Christmas to all you beautiful people 🥰