These Holiday Days Make Me Think....
This time of year never seems to bring out the good in mankind in this country. I observe people all over the place, shopping malls, supermarkets, cinemas and various other places society gathers for the Christmas Holidays and they all seem to be rushed and very stressed out. Many of them get violent and suicidal during this time of year. They do not seem to be in a giving or spiritual state for the most part. People are actually arguing about what to call this time of year, “Christmas, The Holidays, or what ever suits a race or religion.” I wonder if Christ would be happy with how we celebrate his birthday? I somehow doubt it! If I could have my way, I would make everyone of us that celebrates Christmas, pick a day in December and make a personal to pledge to spend that day walking in the footsteps of Jesus. That day would be used to live our lives as if we were Jesus himself. I think he’d like that a lot!
The best Christmas I have in my memory was about 15 years ago. I was walking on a beach in Africa with two of my best friends. It was early morning and the sea was fully alive with seagulls above us and dolphins jumping to greet the morning sun. My friend Theo turned to me and said, “ I think it’s Christmas today!” It was indeed X-Mass, however, in the process of living life to the fullest, it had slipped all of our minds what day it was; making that particular Christmas day, just another wonderful day to be alive.
"Christmas is an awfulness that compares favorably with the great London plague and fire of 1665-66. No one escapes the feelings of mortal dejection, inadequacy, frustration, loneliness, guilt and pity. No one escapes feeling used by society, by religion, by friends and relatives, by the utterly artifical responsiblities of extending false greetings, sending banal cards, reciprocating unsolicated gifts, going to dull parties, putting up with acquaintances and family one avoids all the rest of the year...in short, of being brutalized by a 'holiday' that has lost virtually all of its original meanings and has become a merchandising ploy for color tv set manufacturers and ravagers of the woodlands." ~ Harlan Ellison
The best Christmas I have in my memory was about 15 years ago. I was walking on a beach in Africa with two of my best friends. It was early morning and the sea was fully alive with seagulls above us and dolphins jumping to greet the morning sun. My friend Theo turned to me and said, “ I think it’s Christmas today!” It was indeed X-Mass, however, in the process of living life to the fullest, it had slipped all of our minds what day it was; making that particular Christmas day, just another wonderful day to be alive.
"Christmas is an awfulness that compares favorably with the great London plague and fire of 1665-66. No one escapes the feelings of mortal dejection, inadequacy, frustration, loneliness, guilt and pity. No one escapes feeling used by society, by religion, by friends and relatives, by the utterly artifical responsiblities of extending false greetings, sending banal cards, reciprocating unsolicated gifts, going to dull parties, putting up with acquaintances and family one avoids all the rest of the year...in short, of being brutalized by a 'holiday' that has lost virtually all of its original meanings and has become a merchandising ploy for color tv set manufacturers and ravagers of the woodlands." ~ Harlan Ellison
posted by Hans "KOTM" at 10:06 PM
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