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Happy Solstice!
Dec. 21st, 2019 06:55 pmHappy Solstice!
It is the shortest day of the year, so the very best day to spend a really long time sleeping in and/or going to bed early. Or, you know, binge watching whatever you love.
In our house, today is Presents Day. It is a day that we get to rip off a bunch of really pretty paper and see what is inside. While one can of course think of this in terms of consumer excess and still more damage to the environment, I prefer to think of it as an expression of love for those who are close to us, and the gifts themselves as a physical incarnation of our understanding of the values of the giver, the values of the recipient, and where the intersection of those values is actually an affordable item in real life. Our collective angst over consumerism means that there is quite a lot in that intersection! We are a prosperous people, and that is a joyful thing.
Whatever holidays you are currently celebrating, and whatever those holidays mean to you, please partake of the general love, and joy that this day means, has meant and hopefully will mean for thousands of years to come to those who live on this planet.
Or, you know, eye roll and go about your business. That is also fine.
It is the shortest day of the year, so the very best day to spend a really long time sleeping in and/or going to bed early. Or, you know, binge watching whatever you love.
In our house, today is Presents Day. It is a day that we get to rip off a bunch of really pretty paper and see what is inside. While one can of course think of this in terms of consumer excess and still more damage to the environment, I prefer to think of it as an expression of love for those who are close to us, and the gifts themselves as a physical incarnation of our understanding of the values of the giver, the values of the recipient, and where the intersection of those values is actually an affordable item in real life. Our collective angst over consumerism means that there is quite a lot in that intersection! We are a prosperous people, and that is a joyful thing.
Whatever holidays you are currently celebrating, and whatever those holidays mean to you, please partake of the general love, and joy that this day means, has meant and hopefully will mean for thousands of years to come to those who live on this planet.
Or, you know, eye roll and go about your business. That is also fine.