Right about now. If the economy is going to pick up, authorities should push spending. Credit card spending.
Gadgets are out. Electronic devices miniaturized. Skirts cut shorter even when it says Winter Clothes. Victoria Secret pulled Native American outfit from broadcast. Planned controversy or not, we don’t know. We just know that things are back to its normal pace.g. Windows 8, I-phone 5 release etc…
With Halloween behind us, Veteran Day being celebrated, what else to look forward to besides Turkey and Tree.
We got the calendar seasons, then we got shopping seasons, but for centuries we live with only a few seasons (until they made up Fall and Autumn).
Seasons are good for the Soul. They roll in cyclically, to remind us there is a rhythm of life: hard times and good times.
Unlike compound-interests chart and monthly bills. These come in under a different chart and graph.
We still respond to seasons in awe: autumn foliage, first snow etc..
When something like Sandy screw up our lives, we are at a loss (blaming it on those new voiture in China and Brazil?)
Meanwhile, those with or without money still have to spend. For loved ones and for oneself.
Gotta get those midget gadgets: i-pod and tri-pod.
Who would find out that our taste for music has been the same for decades? or what content women read on airplanes (E-readers).
Something strange has happened lately, but then nothing strange has happened lately (covert ops but overt affairs etc…)
Banks and retail stores are still into collecting ROI perentages. And we consumers still fall for it, willingly.
We are creatures of habit and of harmony. We put on warm clothes and winter clothes. We feel a warmth in our hearts when we see Christmas decoration all around us. We miss that fireplace scene and the gathering of the faithful. We long to belong and to be home (Train, plane and automobile) . We long for rest and comfort. The world knows this. It will offer a different version of our hopes and dreams. It will instead offer false hope and unreachable dreams. It will in fact give us the opposite of what we hope for. In the race to embrace our dreams, often times, we have to outsmart those who claim themselves to be dream providers, of essentials that we need like homes, health and happiness. We gotta to own the process of attaining them ourselves. When we do, we will be rooted firmly in that which we can call home, that which anchors our restless feet and soul. True happiness lies in the heart of those who feel content and are not in denial of death, the only reality that matters most. So spend, spend, spend. But keep in mind that those gadgets will be obsolete next year. In their places, are successive versions and newer generations. That’s what keeps us awake at night.
Progress has its pain and price to pay. To stay in the game, one needs to constantly pedal forward and uphill.
Again, I admire people who stay up all night out in the cold for a shopping spree phenomenon we call Black Friday.
Just remember to leave those pepper sprays at home this year. Walmart is trying to outsmart the competitors by opening early. Thanksgiving night as a matter of fact, for your 24/7 shopping need.
Thang Nguyen 555 