Merry Christmas; or, Happy Holidays…

Whether you say, "Merry Christmas," or, "Happy Holidays," the point is still the same; and the REAL reason for the season is JOY and LOVE.  It doesn’t matter which icon you use, or what you call a day, or the idea of a person; what matters is how you treat your fellow humans.

The saddest people in the world are those who use holidays to remind them of something unfortunate, those who focus on differences between people, or who spend all their time, money, and  energy feeding the machine of materialism — that machine, by the way, is NEVER satisfied.

So, don’t worry about others; love and bless them.  Don’t worry about what they’re doing, or what they believe; focus on what’s important to you.  And, most of all — "Be of good cheer."  You make the world a better place when you think thoughts that create happiness inside you. 

Best of all, you don’t need a holiday to do these things!  So, Happy Tuesday, to one and all!  May all your days be filled with love and joy — no matter where you are or what you believe.

 

P.S. — If you got your kids a bunch of toys for Christmas, remember whose fault the mess really is before you start yelling at your kids tomorrow, or next week, for having toys scattered all over the place.  Kids aren’t pre-programmed with storage places for every new gadget we give them…  Once the tree is gone, they have no point of reference for where the toys are supposed to go.  Take a minute to think about this, and you can keep the Christmas cheer until next year!

School Food…

It has often been said that an army runs on its stomach.  This is very true; and it applies to most of the civilized world — not just the military.  Unfortunately, quality is often sacrificed — necessarily so — for quantity.  Most institutions responsible for feeding large numbers of people have been the subject of "bad food" jokes for this very reason.  School food, Hospital food, Army mess-hall food, Cafeteria food, Prison food, and other institutional-food, has forever been the brunt of bad-food jokes and the inspiration for funny songs; we’ve all heard and told these jokes.

When I think of institutional food, I think of the person behind the stainless steel serving station and glass sneeze-guard wearing a hairnet and dumping spoons full of "mystery meat" onto a tray — always with that sickening "splat!"  Now, however, kids have a completely different experience; and, technically, school food is much worse for children than it has ever been.  The establishment has no other choice but to make excuses; but no matter how much money they have to spend per child, things can be better — because they used to be better.  The major changes in the food our kids are eating in school has been at the supply-level.  Human needs haven’t changed; but food has, and the cafeteria staff is doing their best to serve whatever they are given to serve — they aren’t out shopping for groceries while the kids are at recess.

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