Black Friday

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Yesterday was Black Friday. It was amazing to me to see all the people pushing and shoving and fighting in order to get the the stuff that's on sale. And even where people were polite and orderly, the number of hours that they were out there looking for deals was amazing.

Now, I have to say that I have had my days when I've spent time with my own sister on a shopping day. The purpose though wasn't so much to see how much stuff we could get, but to have something to do while we spent all that time with non-stop gabbing.

What truly amazed me about the spending spree yesterday was what people were spending all that money on. Electronics, toys, phones, jewellery, clothes, appliances, pretty much anything and everything that is not a necessity.

Then I think about my daughter and what she has told me when I've asked her in the not too distant past what she has wanted for her birthday or for Christmas. "I don't want anything mom. I don't need anything. I have so much stuff and there are so many people in the world that don't even have enough to eat.". It kind of makes me ashamed to want any of those things that I went to look at when I was out at the store yesterday.

So here we are in North America, spending hundreds of dollars on things we don't really need, and others, some half a world away, and other just on the other side of the city perhaps, don't have enough dollars to spend on food to eat. Kind of makes you think, doesn't it?

Isn't it amazing that our children teach us when we are supposed to be their teachers? 
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