Let me tell you something. This is my favorite time of the year. The fact that Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas are holidays that are back to back from each other makes years fly. My brother and I would joke when we were little about how they are totally controversial. "Okay.....so you scare people, then you thank them, and then you buy them a gift. WHAAA?!" But you can't just NOT celebrate, so we follow where the holidays change us, bringing us closer, and making us have a warm, fuzzy feeling even when it's cold outside. What I see lately is the total opposite these past years. I barely hear trick-or-treaters knocking on my door, people refusing to see their family during Thanksgiving, and less strangers saying "Merry Christmas" when I walk across them. There's less people donating money for the unfortunate. There's less people merry. There's more people shaking their head no. They're too mature for it. I see them as being afraid. You just can't imagine yourself wearing gobs of makeup, cooking the turkey, or caroling around town, don't you? I don't know how someone can just instantly be apprehensive about it just because you're one year older, or you've gone through puberty. Whooo......hiphiphooray. But listen, take the chance. If you feel like a fool, so be it. If you don't, you're not celebrating hard enough. It's time to embrace the chase of time. And if people tease you, don't worry. They're lightyears behind you. I'm not saying to spend tons of money or stress about it, but just take October, November, and December to its advantage and cradle it in your arms. Why? Because you deserve it. If you let it all go away, you're limiting yourself into ridiculous standards that you've made up for yourself. You're playing this game with yourself that's uncalled for. Just take a break. Pause the game. And as for people who can't enjoy the holidays because of financial issues, listen. Enjoy the jubilee as normally as you can. If celebration's what you want, everything will find its way, leading it to what you always wanted. Trust me, you're bigger than life. I think people forget to remind each other that. Look at the chilly clouds above and ask this season to guide you where they want you to go. Try.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Take us where you want us to go.
Let me tell you something. This is my favorite time of the year. The fact that Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas are holidays that are back to back from each other makes years fly. My brother and I would joke when we were little about how they are totally controversial. "Okay.....so you scare people, then you thank them, and then you buy them a gift. WHAAA?!" But you can't just NOT celebrate, so we follow where the holidays change us, bringing us closer, and making us have a warm, fuzzy feeling even when it's cold outside. What I see lately is the total opposite these past years. I barely hear trick-or-treaters knocking on my door, people refusing to see their family during Thanksgiving, and less strangers saying "Merry Christmas" when I walk across them. There's less people donating money for the unfortunate. There's less people merry. There's more people shaking their head no. They're too mature for it. I see them as being afraid. You just can't imagine yourself wearing gobs of makeup, cooking the turkey, or caroling around town, don't you? I don't know how someone can just instantly be apprehensive about it just because you're one year older, or you've gone through puberty. Whooo......hiphiphooray. But listen, take the chance. If you feel like a fool, so be it. If you don't, you're not celebrating hard enough. It's time to embrace the chase of time. And if people tease you, don't worry. They're lightyears behind you. I'm not saying to spend tons of money or stress about it, but just take October, November, and December to its advantage and cradle it in your arms. Why? Because you deserve it. If you let it all go away, you're limiting yourself into ridiculous standards that you've made up for yourself. You're playing this game with yourself that's uncalled for. Just take a break. Pause the game. And as for people who can't enjoy the holidays because of financial issues, listen. Enjoy the jubilee as normally as you can. If celebration's what you want, everything will find its way, leading it to what you always wanted. Trust me, you're bigger than life. I think people forget to remind each other that. Look at the chilly clouds above and ask this season to guide you where they want you to go. Try.
