The Holidays

The holidays are an interesting dynamic. It is a time of family and a time of excess. It is a time to reflect and a time to gather - more stuff. We buy and buy and eat and eat. The holidays reveal us more than any other time.

We are like children that are spoiled and out of control and we need a super nanny to help us snap out of it. If we had a super nanny - this is what she would tell us:

Justify it anyway you want - but that new TV is new for three months and the children dying of AIDS, worms, hunger and abuse are still dying. Turn on that new sitcom - poorly written and acted worse and children are dying. You need to learn to share.

You don't, in fact, need a new car. Think about it. That car makes you important for two, three years tops - if it is a Mercedes or BMW. Then it is just a car. You are so short sided. Do something more than chase your own importance.

High blood pressure medicine, pills to control your blood sugar, sleep remedies, cholesterol control, coffee to wake up, even "shots" for a midday pick-up. This is not experiencing your life - this is existing until you die.

Words that hurt - the unkind things that are said and done in the name of pride, integrity, religious honor, right and wrong - are not signs that you are a worthy human, just a clueless human. If there is a god - have you ever thought that s/he would not want you to take stands - but to take hands.

Anyway - those are my super nanny thoughts - there is no super nanny - so we go to war, destroy our environment, hate, and intervene in lives, worlds, and countries when we should stay home and drink warm milk.