Ironic

My birthday has come and gone and not much about me has changed. Well, except for my hair, which is another story altogether. Aside from that, I guess I'm a few gifts richer, I suppose.

Well, one of those gifts came from one of my best friends. Now let me tell you a little bit about her first. She's the vainest person I have ever met. And I'm not exaggerating. Whenever she's in front of a mirror, no matter where it is, someone will have to pull her away to stop her from staring. But I'm telling you, she has all the right to gawk at herself - she's gorgeous. Oh damn, if she reads this, her ego will burst through the ceiling. Oh well. Anyways, she's also really smart. She was part of the top ten in our high school batch. Beauty and brains, she's the complete package. Well, because of that brain of hers she got into one of the best universities in the country. (We were SUPPOSED to go to the same school, but she liked the course she got into there than the one at my school.) So she's now taking up philosophy.

Philosophy is the course of the atheists, well most of them. What with all the critical thinking and stuff, how could you NOT doubt godly beings? I've experienced these doubts firsthand, so I know how it's like to not believe. I mean, if you listen to the logic, it kinda makes sense. So after two years of my best friend being exposed to over-thinking, she is now having some doubts. When I asked her what her religion was lately, she told me "almost atheist". That's not good, is it?

But who am I to force someone to believe in what I do? I don't like it when people make choices for me, so I also wouldn't want to be a hypocrite. I didn't lecture her or anything. I guess the most I could do for her now is to pray that she comes back.

Now that you got a glimpse of who my best friend is, let's go back to my birthday present. It was a small, red box that looked like it contains some kind of jewelry. It had a red ribbon tied on to it, and the lid comes all the way off. It was one of the last few presents that I opened that day. And when I lifted the lid, I saw a small pendant in the shape of a cross. Yep, that came from my "almost atheist" best friend. My first reaction to it was "how ironic to get a cross from someone who doesn't believe". 

But then my best friend went up to me and said, "I want you to put this pendant on your necklace so that whenever you see it, you'll remember me. And that you will be reminded to keep your faith strong, unlike what happened to me." At that moment, I couldn't help but smile because of what I heard.

Hmm. How ironic.