Half of December has already ended. We are in third advent week. Time passes by so quickly… do you ever stop and ask yourself what did you do for yourself in three weeks? How are you preparing on a birth of Jesus?
It is hard in today’s world. Especially because we should shop all the time, buy million of things we don’t even need. Do you even realize how many people take credit in this time of year, just to buy as much as they can. They think it is possible to buy happiness with material things, but guess what, they only make you even emptier! What happens when New Year is over? Joy is over (at least that is what they think), they have a lot of credits, house full of stuff they don’t even need and empty souls.
It is logical that dealers want to sell as much as they can so they can make big profit. In one way it is just their way to survive and to feed their families.
What is the real meaning of Christmas and advent time? First we have to look back and think about our actions. Did we do any good for people among us. What are the things we would like to change and do better. How can we help people around us but not just to our family members. We don’t have to save the world – we can’t – but we can visit old neighbour, offer your place to pregnant woman on bus, try to be nice to people we meet… and so on and on. Think how can YOU make someone happy.
Imagine big family with standard budget. Television is showing all the toys children should have, cars for fathers and beautiful jewellery for mothers. This family knows that they can not afford all that and if they try to buy as much as they can and spend all the time thinking how to get things than advent time and Christmas will be over and they want even notice it. If parents sit down with children and explain them that this time of the year is a special time, blessed time when main stress in spending time with family and doing good for people, children won’t care for expensive gifts. They will explain other kids in school what is Christmas about. Let’s face it, children care more for parents attention and loving care than presents, especially now when parents are at work almost 24/7.
So don’t waste your time on thinking what you have to do, what will you buy and start thinking how can you help and what nice things you can do to people you ren into.
It is hard in today’s world. Especially because we should shop all the time, buy million of things we don’t even need. Do you even realize how many people take credit in this time of year, just to buy as much as they can. They think it is possible to buy happiness with material things, but guess what, they only make you even emptier! What happens when New Year is over? Joy is over (at least that is what they think), they have a lot of credits, house full of stuff they don’t even need and empty souls.
It is logical that dealers want to sell as much as they can so they can make big profit. In one way it is just their way to survive and to feed their families.
What is the real meaning of Christmas and advent time? First we have to look back and think about our actions. Did we do any good for people among us. What are the things we would like to change and do better. How can we help people around us but not just to our family members. We don’t have to save the world – we can’t – but we can visit old neighbour, offer your place to pregnant woman on bus, try to be nice to people we meet… and so on and on. Think how can YOU make someone happy.
Imagine big family with standard budget. Television is showing all the toys children should have, cars for fathers and beautiful jewellery for mothers. This family knows that they can not afford all that and if they try to buy as much as they can and spend all the time thinking how to get things than advent time and Christmas will be over and they want even notice it. If parents sit down with children and explain them that this time of the year is a special time, blessed time when main stress in spending time with family and doing good for people, children won’t care for expensive gifts. They will explain other kids in school what is Christmas about. Let’s face it, children care more for parents attention and loving care than presents, especially now when parents are at work almost 24/7.
So don’t waste your time on thinking what you have to do, what will you buy and start thinking how can you help and what nice things you can do to people you ren into.
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