If there is one thing I could have for Christmas, it would be...
Posted by DanaJames on Dec 05, 2007 · Member since Aug 2007 · 104 posts
With the holiday rapidly approaching, it's getting to be crunch time for buying presents. Which made me think last night, "if I could have one present that wasn't material in nature, what would it be?" For me, it would be that I would wake up one morning and there would be no more animal or child abuse in the world. Without getting more specific, that would be the greatest gift I could ever have. The destruction of innocence is the one source of evil in humans that seemingly never ends. And what a "Wonderful Life" it would be if it could be replaced with love and compassion.
I want a junior engineer here at work to write out and edit all of my specifications and bid documents and be smart enough and so perfect that I wouldn't even have to proofread them. I've only been here for 6 months and I'm sick of reading writing and editing this crap all the time, (I'm on the third edit for this project that wasn't even mine to begin with!) but it is really the only part of my job I don't like, so sorry- end rant!
ummm yeah, and everything Diver-Di said because she said it really well.
i'll third (or fourth?) the no more mental illness thing. god knows how exhausted i am from my agoraphobia, depression, eating disorder, and anxiety disorder. and how tiring it is to try and explain it to people so they understand why i just can't do certain things like 'normal' people can.
all of these are probably selfish reasons but...
--lower gas prices
--lower prices of things in general
--my boss to get fired (woops how did that get in there? that wasnt very christmas cheer-y)
--for the online nutrition course i want to take to actually count towards me getting a job helping people
--for gary sinise to show up at my door after a carcrash that incinerated most of his clothing and we have no power so we have to huddle together for warmth--*cough* i meeann.... *ahem* yeah...
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--for gary sinise to show up at my door after a carcrash that incinerated most of his clothing and we have no power so we have to huddle together for warmth--*cough* i meeann.... *ahem* yeah...
Sounds like you've been planning that one for a while ;D
a vita-mix
*re-reads other comments*
okay... a vita-mix with an extra button that makes there be world peace and universal compassion.
Ha!
How much more does Vita-mix charge for that option? Is it cheaper than the dry bowl option?
--for gary sinise to show up at my door after a carcrash that incinerated most of his clothing and we have no power so we have to huddle together for warmth--*cough* i meeann.... *ahem* yeah...
Sounds like you've been planning that one for a while ;D
nahh... just a few days... :D
a vita-mix
*re-reads other comments*
okay... a vita-mix with an extra button that makes there be world peace and universal compassion.
Ha!
How much more does Vita-mix charge for that option? Is it cheaper than the dry bowl option?
BwaHAhahahaha! That's great--seriously they should knock of a couple hundred dollars off the vita-mix--those things are super awesome--they might spread world peace if everyone could afford one :P
yup. my initial thought upon seeing the subject of this thread: to finally fix my brain!
my personal (more selfish) vote would be to make mental illness disappear. no more depression, etc etc for anyone.
can you tell my depression is settling in? shesh.... imagine a world where everyone had mental clarity and security. i bet THAT would solve some of the above issues ;)
quite often, struggling through depression and other mental illnesses is a character-building experience. People are usually much stronger, and much more compassionate and caring if they make it through such struggles.
problem is, yeah, not everyone's so successful. sometimes it does a lot more damage to them and others, unfortunately.
So I suppose my wish would be for everyone to get the help they need, have the strength to endure and make it through their psychological troubles and be able to learn and grow from them.
and I definitely agree...world peace might be more easily achieved if we could all get the support and help that we need to think and act in a more rational way. After all, "Love is the only rational act."
I would absolutely love to have a day with my dad (he died 21 years ago). I don't know if I'd even say anything...I just to hug him the entire time.
I totally second this! My dad died in 7/04. He was also a machinist, and he would be proud that I am one now (I got into it after he died :'( ). His tom-boy daughter is taking after him. RIP dad. I love you :-*
Ok, I'm tearing now .... anyways .... The other things I would want is to be vegan again, stop cruelty of the human nature and animal nature. I would love my hubby to be veg*n, too (wishful thinking ::) ).
ditto to Diver Di's comment. it was very well said.
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it seems fitting to mention this. today is the enniversary of the Montreal Massacre - 18 years ago a lone gunmen entered L'ecole Polytechnique in Montreal and killed fourteen women. he stabbed the last woman to death, then shot himself. he wanted to kill all the "feminists" - these were young women who were blazing a trail in engineering (a subject women weren't allowed to pursue) and he had applied to the college and had been denied. he hated women and was mentally disturbed. these women were my age. they were seeking higher education. and they were murdered because they were women doing just that.
how could something like this happen in fair and peaceful Canada? it simply represents an underlying anger agianst, negativity towards, distrust of, and hate for women - and not just in Canada.
I've been to a few remembrance ceremonies today. they're not just for the 14 women from Montreal, but for all the missing, murdered, scared, and abused women in the past, present, and future.
what do I want for christmas? for violence - so unneccessary - to end.
just to note - I'm not using the gunman's name. I won't give him that. today is for the women.
To see my kitty from when i was 6-8 again. He died young, and meant so much to me. I'm sad he's gone, and I'm sad that as I get older my few memories of him are fading... and I don't want them to.
Or even just have a photo of him (I don't have any; I knew we took one once, but I've never found it).
To see my kitty from when i was 6-8 again. He died young, and meant so much to me. I'm sad he's gone, and I'm sad that as I get older my few memories of him are fading... and I don't want them to.
Or even just have a photo of him (I don't have any; I knew we took one once, but I've never found it).
I'd so love that too. To see my cat Mirrya that I bottle fed from the moment she was born. Just to snuggle with again.
I was trying to think of something I could actually do.
If I wanted to help stop child abuse I could help interupt the cycle by spending time with/mentoring kids who come from abusive environments. I could work with groups who help feed the hungry if I wanted to help stop hunger, or foster pets until they could be adopted. I could do those things, but I don't see myself being as cool as Dave or Zealia.
So, I guess, the thing I want the most from Christmas is to spend time with my 90+ year old grandma and sit and listen to her talk in her now quiet mumbling voice as she trys to remember stories, during which I'll stay in the moment and not allow myself to be distracted during my time with her.
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