The Holidays

As the holidays begin to come around i find myself questioning how this year went by so fast. It is kind of depressing when i think about it because I wish that life would just slow down for a second. But i guess that is just how life is right? Another thing that I don't understand is why everyone has to be so crazy and wait till last minute to do their holiday shopping...granted the only way that i would find out that people wait till last minute is because I waited till last minute myself....but still. People do not have to drive like crazy maniacs trying to get the perfect gift for someone. Christmas is not all about giving and receiving gifts, it is about the caring and loving for one another. If it were my decision, I would have Christmas without gifts all together just because I think that people forget exactly how to be thankful for what they already have. I do not need anything more than I have. Granted I do have more than I need and I have certain addictions......to collecting elephants for example......but I  am thankful for every single one of them. We are in a generation of what I like to call the "gimmes" gimme this gimme that. That is what paints the definition of the generation that I am included in. If we dont have the newest thing in technology, the new iPhone or iPod, a TV in our room, a radio, CDs, etc. then the world is ending as we know it. But people tend not to think about being grateful for the people that people that are buying them those things, or being grateful for having the money to buy those things, or even some of the teenagers do not even think about how hard their parents worked to get that money. It is quite sickening to think about it.
And these parents are feeding into it. They will get their kids what they want even if it means going into even more debt, even if it means getting their kid the nice sports care while they drive the beat up Honda. If the parents would not feed into this generation of gimmes we would be the generation of thankies. If the parents would teach their kids to be thankful for everything that they have instead of buying them new stuff when they WANT it not NEED it then we would have a less selfish and more selfless generation and world. Granted this does not refer to every single individual but it is just in general. You may have a different opinion than me, but this is just mine. We need to be less selfish and more selfless. If we gave as much money as we spent on gifts for people who didnt need it, we could benefit the lives of so many needy families by donating that money to charity or buy toys for Toys for Tots. or buy food for familes that cannot afford a Christmas dinner. There are many people that do not even think about this. Every time that i open up a gift on Christmas morning, I say a little prayer for the people that do not have what I have. And I pray that this world would be a happy place again with no violence, no poverty, and no homeless people. I pray that everyone would be able to open a gift on Christmas morning.

Moving on to a different subject......
I am so glad that I get two weeks off of school. If i did not get this break I would have gone insane. I am so glad that we get to start fresh next semester so I can get this crazy first semester out of my head! It was soooo stressful I thought that I was going to pull all of my hair out. Finals week was the absolute worst but at least I passed all of my finals :). I am glad that I did not fail my AP English course because then I would have had to taken it again, and that would have not been good, and it also would not have looked good on my transcript either. UGH I still cannot believe that it is the end of the year already. I hope that next year is a good year, and that there is a whole lot less drama and trouble and issues! God I cannot wait until I can get out of high school. only three semesters left and then I get to go to college and be even MORE stressed out! HA! Oh well. At least I will feel like I am getting somewhere with my life! haha. Well I guess I better let this post end for fear of boring you too much! HAHA

Merry Christmas :)
Matt