Merry Christmas?
We all know that this time of the year is hectic and EVERYONE is stressed over family, presents, friends, dinners...etc. But think about it a little bit...
On Thursday night I went to the mall with some friends at 12 AM because we thought it'd be cool to see what its like to be at a MALL that late in the night. WELL, it was a totally different experience compared to what we thought it was going to be. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of people in the mall. They were lined up outside of stores for hours and waiting just to get gifts for people.
Today, it was reported that people were KILLED because of "Christmas shopping.." Is it just me...or is this some extremely depressing news to receive?
Greed and Pride...that's what this holiday should be called. It has absolutely nothing to do with family or giving or being thankful or CHRIST anymore. It's all about making your kids "happy" or getting your husband the newest high tech gadget or getting your wife a diamond something or other. I know kids that get hundreds of dollars worth of things at Christmas and they are STILL mad about what they get. WHO DOES THAT?! why are people so stupid....
Personally, I'm not getting much this Christmas, but all of my brothers and sisters etc.. are going to be together after a possible ten years of not being together....and that's all i can really ask for. Family and actual Happiness. Joy. and just all of us being Grateful for each other. because i know we all are extremely grateful to have each other. My family means a lot, because we've all be through A LOT just to be a family.
Humanity needs a serious reality check. Maybe that's why the economy is crashing again...God told us he wouldn't flood us again..but He never said He wouldn't crash the economy again. haha...seriously though.
No one seems to notice that material things don't make them happy or full. No matter how much you GIVE someone it's not going to make them feel better.
The homeless are taken into consideration around this time of year. There are many different groups of people that try to gather food boxes and serve meals for those in need. But do you think that it's the physical gifts that make these people happy? Or just the fact that someone actually gives a shit about them for a moment in time?
People drive me crazy...
Links to news reports about holiday shopping incidents:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/28/black.friday.violence/index.html?iref=newssearch
ridiculous...