Festivals!

You know why I look forward to festivals? It's not just because I get days off of university (which is a pretty sweet deal), but also because I can totally relax and feel the festive vibes that people carry during these times. People suddenly become so nice and start treating each other so well, sending and receiving gifts, sharing the sweetest of messages and just celebrating the time that they get to spend.

Hello there, I'm the Earthian. I'll keep hoping for the day I get to see someone else identifying themselves as one too.

And it makes me wonder what the planet would be like if everyday was a festive day and every place was filled with the same warmth and comfort which just happens to be there during festivals. I also tend to wonder what makes the person who extra-nice during festivals who is otherwise grumpy. More than that, I wonder what makes the person go back to being grumpy after the festivals end.
My theory is that one tends to be grumpy until one is finally comfortable in one's own skin. And usually, people run on other people's clocks. They have a job that commands them to work for the number of hours they put in and they have a boss who assess them for their work. They have to be committed to something they probably don't like being committed to but also can't move their lives around because they need food on their plates. They live in constant fear of what could happen in the future and try to keep planning to sustain. And when the festivals finally hit and they get their holiday, they finally can spend their time doing what they love doing. Time with family,friends and most of all time with themselves. Quality time with themselves to complete what they've wanted for a while but couldn't attend to because they were otherwise occupied.
And this is also the time when people are so thankful for everything they have because only when they get to spend time with what and who they love, they realize they are so lucky to have what they do have.

Holidays and festivals are indeed special.
They are that way because we make them that way. We finally be the person we want to be and not the person we have to be.

Lots of love, peace.