Blabberjam

What happened to Christmas.   
Where did it go.
The Mass of Christ is fading.
Candles are burning low.
It’s silent in the steeples.
Manger doors are closed.
Wise men wax weary,
Following starlight’s waning glow.
Dollar signs replace Angels.
Christmas has been sold.

What happened to St. Nicholas.
Why is Santa sad.
The holidays have been hijacked
By all we want,
Not what we have.
We’re blinded by the bling.
Christmas lights flash ads.
Dollar signs are ornaments.
Christmas has been sold.

What happened to Christmas.
Where has it gone.
No Carols on street corners.
No Noel in the songs.
Holiday cards are cyber.
Inflated Nativity on the lawn.
Purchases Googled early.
Store sales all night long.
Dollar signs blight the Advent.
Christmas has been sold.

What happened to Christmas.
Where did it go.
The Mass of Christ is fading.
Candles are burning low.
It’s silent in the steeples.
Manger doors are closed.
Wise men wax weary,
Following starlight’s waning glow.
Dollar signs replace Angels.
Christmas has been sold.

New Year Card…

Christmas Card

Love – Divine Love – is a gift from God.  It is the essence of God.  I find it ironic that the greatest gift from “above” seems to incessantly rise from the bottom up within the human experience more often than it flows from the top down.  We are born of the Light of Eternal Love; we must be taught rapacious behavior.

It defies spiritual gravity that those who have so much are able to give so little.  Now, I am not talking about the gravitational pull of bills and coins, rather, Love.  While it is true that wealthy  philanthropists give funds to help those in need, it is not  likely that it is done out of the shear goodness of their heart. Perhaps they are motivated by tax exemptions, egotistical expressions of how good they will appear to be, or guilt, but if they really cared they would probably not be so wealthy in the first place. Accumulation of wealth is more often achieved by windfall luck, inheritance, or aggressive, avaricious business techniques. Love has little or nothing to do with financial gain.  It would be “easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle…”.

If the opulent understood Love – genuine Love, not lust – then it is likely that they would have been more compassionate on their way up, and consequently not have escalated so far.  I suppose that it is easier to climb to pecuniary heights if one does not help others on the way. To share and share alike takes time and becomes cumbersome and heavy.  Those ahead in the climb are rarely willing to give one a hand if they perceive to be weighted down by compassion toward others. A monetary hierarchy cannot exist without it’s various levels.  This is an ageless human characteristic that seems embedded in our genomes, and not likely to change.  Not until we elevate Love above the status of money.

If Love was money there would be an astounding redistribution of wealth in this world.

M

Leave a comment