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Merry Christmas? What would Jesus do? Likely not go shopping....

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Monday, 08 December 2014 12:57

The Toys R Us time of year with the hyped expectations and hollow promises of new stuff being true happiness and making everything all better is here! Do we really need more "stuff?"

Perhaps living diverse environments have more value, and are more loving, kind, and generous presents to those we love (and all other life) than the resultant landfills and wastelands, black water, brown air and toxic soils, remaining where life once lived?

I wonder what that radical Jesus dude would think of the ways we live and treat each other and all life?

We treat the earth as an unlimited piggy bank, ignoring how natural systems work, reducing the commons of Nature to dollar values. Too few of us look at the remains, as we drive in circles.

Endless Wars a spending, Fracking aquifers a poisoning, Merry Nukes a spewing, Tarsands a piping, (you know the tune) GMO allergens hopping, and the commons of Nature-ecosystems being obliterated via egosystems of greed and gluttony. Are disposable products as valuable as clean air, pure water, or healthy soil?

Lets cancel our garbage service, because, away, is a fantasy and look into our trashcans, packed with lifeless "goo" week after year. See the future we are leaving, in every wasted curbside can. Once living, pure, clean, and alive, it all came from somewhere. Look at it now.

Black Friday, Giving Tuesday, and, what are we giving back? Are we indebted consuming Neanderthals Friday, and repentant givers Tuesday, and what about "Earthday" and EVERYDAY? How are we treating each other and all life the other 362 days?

Please, DO consider, the lives which became our products, and that bargain price disposable products are no bargain for the water, air, or soils.

Perhaps the best gifts are immaterial, love, community, friendships, and not stuff, and is it time to begin repairing the environments which sustain all life, including ours?

Why not Merry Christmas, everyday, and, what would that Jesus dude do?
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