A few years ago, I hear a story that on an airplane, on new Years eve, a note came to the passengers, saying "What do you want from Santa Clause this year"
According to this story, many saw it as a joke, and wrote things like "Socks, T-Shirts" but later on they regretted, because others asked for 10,000 Dollars and got it, and that this was an online survey to test the people's response and reaction to such a situation.
Most Valuable Gift One Asks Santa Clause - Story of Airplane passengers asked that question - My Best Answer
A few years ago, I hear a story that on an airplane, on new Years eve, a note came to the passengers, saying "What do you want from Santa Clause this year"
According to this story, many saw it as a joke, and wrote things like "Socks, T-Shirts" but later on they regretted, because others asked for 10,000 Dollars and got it, and that this was an online survey to test the people's response and reaction to such a situation.
An Airline And Santa Claus Gave These Passengers A Heartwarming Early Christmas Present
Dec 11, 2013, 5:17 PM GMT+4
https://www.businessinsider.com/westjet-airlines-and-santa-surprised-passengers-with-presents-2013-12
WestJet Santa Asks Passengers What They Want For Christmas, Gifts Upon Arrival
Posted on December 10, 2013 by csr 1686
https://www.karmanhealthcare.com/westjet-santa-asks-passengers-want-christmas-gifts-upon-arrival/
https://www.parentingtogo.ca/in-the-air-with-santa-santaflight/
Almost Every year, on every December 31, this story comes to my mind, I kept thinking, “if I was one of those who asked for socks, how much would I have blamed myself, for not seizing the opportunity and ask for 10,000 Dollars, 100,00, 1 Million” and the analysis carried on “I wonder, if I ask for 1 Millin, would that would be an exaggeration and my request rejected, and the opportuni9ty slipped away due to greed, would 100,000 be enough, Or maybe that would also be a risk, and should I ask for 10,000, but yet again, If I ask for 10,000 and others ask for 100,000 and receive that amount, Won’t I blame myself for being too cautious”
But today, I realize, that this is not the kind of gift I would ask, because there is another precious value that I would ask to be given plenty of
You Know what it is?
It is called….. OPPORTUNITY
Opportunity, a chance,
Why?
With chance, when someone gives you a chance, cherish it, value it, the chance is a seed, a door, a passage, when you have granted it, that means this is a very important opportunity, something that should never be taken lightly, you have been granted a mission, a responsibility, a challenge, to preserve and maintain it, and if you are up to the challenge, it will grow and evolve to a precious stone, it will develop to the most sacred, beautiful and valuable thing in life, which is called friendship, brotherhood, a sincere loyal committed friendship.
Friendship is a word taken so lightly, misunderstood, and within the Armenian reality a misconception dominates.
Friendship does not mean to always agree, or on every issue and level, always be on the same frequency and position, it is a two way two-directional art, it takes commitment, sacrifice, dedication and devotion.among so mnay other things, sometimes strict requirements sshow up.
Friendships true metal is not emerged on those days where all circumstances lead to a smooth interaction, on that level, only the undeveloped medal o Gold emerges, it is a project and a seed to become golden, you are not there yet, the medal is genuine and sincere Gold, but “you are not there yet”
For the Metal to become Gold, it must pass through Fire, As for friendship, it must pass to another kind of test, through a storm.
Within the Armenian reality, this concept is not yet absorbed, and the spontaneous reaction to storms, when there are disagreements is the idea that “Now Our friendship is getting distorted” and this is why usually friendships inside the Armenian nation rarely endure beyond the ‘Fun Level of Honey”.
When disagreements arise, Armenian ego and vanity please the nations enemies, and let me tell you, our greatest enemy is not on the borders, to have hostility on the borders is not something new throughout history, when you get weak, the surrounding becomes hostile, because you are weak, and the weak is despised throughout history.
No, our greatest enemy is our ego and vanity, and for the ones who are weak to control their egos, they do realize they got of balance, they need to feed the surrounding with an atmosphere of antagonism, demagoguism, lack of tolerance, so their ego passes by unrealized, because they cannot pass it by undetected, they need to shift attention, and thus we serve our enemies, and there is no such excuse for this situation like : “We did not realize” because if you have no skills to realize, you should not be in public service.
As such, when difference of opinion arise, the wise men resort to communication, and confinement, coordination and communication in such situations must be intensified, but Armenian ego deals with the situation by breaking communication, and demonstrating “extremism and hard stance” practicing deception on the surrounding that “I was strict”, and we carry on serving the enemies interests which finds a convenient ally, it has planted this virus, named “Armenian ego and vanity”.
The other way around, by the wise men, is to resort to communication, they double and intensify communication and coordination, to find a common ground, and focus on the points where they agree upon, in order to prevent or at least loosen tension on the points where they disagree upon, and avoid any conflicts and confrontations.
And when such awareness is demonstrated, friends know that storms are unable to break their bond of friendship, which endures any challenges, and here trust is born, and with it respect, and with trust and respect, the metal becomes Golden.
In addition to the central gift that I would ask Santa Clause, which is a chance and an opportunity, Is a sub smaller gifts, which are sub chances, a backup like bench players, a reserve, of such chances, which are very important.
When friendship faces resentment and stubbornness from a friend, you resort to those sub gifts, they are covered with a layer of patience and tolerance, you give them to the friend, because you are patient, you wait, so he comes to realize his misguided delusional immature behavior, these are very important gifts, you are giving them additional chances, which are an opportunity for him to value your gesture, and such opportunities must be taken advantage of, they should be valued.
Unfortunately, on the end of 2024, I realize my mistake, I should not have played the role of such a generous Santa Clause, because with the best intentions, I gave these gifts too abundantly, and maybe that is why they were taken for granted, not valued, ignored.
Today we don’t understand and underestimate the role of the grinch and only focus on Santa Clause.
When the Neo Liberal wave came to power in Armenia, and despite all it’s deadly sins towards the nation there is one thing that it did benefit our nation.
With the Neo Liberals, they gave us a CHANCE,
A CHANCE to realize and detect, filter out, those who were unworthy of the chance we gave, those we offered our friendship with a raised hand and open heart.
For me, this is a chance, an opportunity, to grasp a lesson that it is time to learn, after paying such a high price.
Not to give away my chances so freely and abundantly, because for so many victims of ‘Pashinyanism” they ruined and distorted it’s essence and value. Ones who did not deserve this gift, distorted its pure image and value.
Ask for yours gift wisely from Life, choose your gifts wisely, lessons learned from life
