The wind has picked up and sky is overcast. Getting chilly, can feel the winter around the corner. Not long before the Holidays AGAIN – happens faster each year. Sigh…
I’ve always thought winter holidays are a study in impermanence. We anticipate, are excited, get busy, buy everything, decorate, cook, buy more, wrap, list, lust, eat and drink too much, put those bikes together,- did I say BUY?? Kids go crazy, families go insane and it all happens with the speed of light!
Then it is over. Kids have developed ADD, parents have PTSD, we are fat and broke, too many trees cut for the boxes and wrappping paper and it is OVER!
Then it’s time to clean up, put it all back, work out and eat celery and lettuce. And nobody knows why, except as ex-president Bush reminded us, our patriotic DUTY is to overspend for the sake of the economy.
Maybe we should re-examine and meditate and pray instead. It is good for you! And will last you a heck of a lot longer! Plus you are peaceful, and no PTSD! Wouldn’t it be good not to get post-holiday blues?
The world needs more care and prayer than trees cut down; just something to think about, isn’t it?
