This isn't the first christmas I've had without a tree or any gifts to give anyone...it's hard feeling like you have nothing but have to give everything. I honestly don't know why and how people are able to do this without destroying themselves completely. I did buy one person a gift this year, my 3-yr-old goddaughter Jaslene, though she won't get til tomorrow probably.
What I wouldn't give sometimes just to be a child again, to just get things because you were a child and have everything be all about you. That is the biggest mistake in raising children, but how can we stop it we just want them to know they mean everything to us, right? That's why we give them the world and it's so hard not to, I imagine anyway. I don't have any actual children of my own, not yet anyway...
What's even more messed up is that we'll give a child everything and say that they deserved it or whatever because most people believe the real world works on a merit system. Perhaps it does, personally I don't think it should...and I've seen people work their entire lives to leave their children and grandchildren with bills, instead of trust funds. So, maybe this whole idea of the more work you do the more you will be monetarily rewarded should not be fed to our children. People get what they get because they believe it's what they deserve, not necessarily because they deserve it....Maybe I'll go more into detail the next time I post....
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