“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify, simplify!” Henry David Thoreau
Strong opinions ahead:
I’m not much a fan of excessive consumerism or materialism so it saddens me to see those shallow isms displayed on the news all over on Black Friday.
Where are we as a society that we must camp out away from our “loved ones” on Thanksgiving or before so we can buy the latest disposable trinket for a lowered price? Why do people willingly stand in line for hours, sometimes in the cold, to drink the poisoned Kool-Aid? Why have we allowed avarice (one of the Seven Deadly Sins) to rule the season that is supposed to be humble and holy?
Is there really a need to see holiday displays as early as August at various stores? What is wrong with just living one day at a time and enjoying the moment? Why do we have to rush, rush, rush? As a society, we do not seem to show much appreciation for what we already have because we are too busy thinking of what is the next thing that we cannot really live without.
How can such a large herd be so lost?
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