A Great Gift!

I am really glad we finally got a new tool box for Christmas!!! To call it a tool box is rather a misnomer. It is actually a nice and quite hefty Craftsman tool cabinet on locking wheels with quite a number of drawers and a chest of drawers to stack on top of that cabinet! It is so beautiful to behold.

Finally, I can get all my Barbies organized!

Anger

The Buddha said the following:

"Let go of anger. Let go of pride. When you are bound by nothing You go beyond sorrow. Anger is like a chariot careening wildly. He who curbs his anger is the true charioteer.Others merely hold the reins.With gentleness overcome anger.With generosity overcome meanness.With truth overcome deceit.Speak the truth.Give whenever you can. Never be angry.These three steps will lead you into the presence of the gods."

I bring this up because the other day I was out playing with our two dogs in the yard. I was standing in a place where the dog usually urinates. I have seen him urinate there before. It never crossed my mind that by standing there he would ever do his tinkle on me.

He did. I was suprised by the warm liquid stimuli but I was not the least bit angry. I just washed my pants off. No harm done. I learned not to stand on this one spot when the dogs are playing.

There is a saying in the small town I come from: "Better pissed off than pissed on."

In keeping with the spirit of the Buddha I say,

"Better pissed on than pissed off."

OM

A Belated Happy Kwanza!!

The holidays have come and gone.

Now that is stating the obvious.

But there I go mentioning the "holidays." Who started that? Has anyone you know actually been offended by an Atheist, Jew, Pagan or American Muslim? No. It's Merry Christmas!

Kwanzaa. This quasi holiday was actually created in 1966. Yes, 1966. Can we take any holiday seriously that was created during the reign of the Beatles? Don't believe me? Take a look at the official website at http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/ It is a holiday for those of African origin. Talk about racist. The other religions of the world are multiracial since, as we all know, the skin color doesn't matter to God.

Did you know the creator of Kwanzaa placed the "holiday" to occur right after Christmas to avoid the commercialism of the season. Nice thought. But try a search in at google.com for Kwanzaa gifts and see the hypocrisy kick in. At least we American Christians are honest about the gift giving. Of course, the fact that it falls on the heels of a Christian holiday is about as cheesy as......umm...... Chrtismas falling on the heels of the Pagan celebration of the Solstice.

All that aside, it is a beautiful observance once you take a look at it. Does it bring some good qualities to the fore? Yes... But mainly it is an event masquerading as an African holiday. I don't think it is celebrated in Nigeria, Egypt of South Africa or any other African country for that matter.

But there is a lot to be said about my Christmas, which was beautiful.

But that is another story I will dive into later.