How One Nice Thought Can Change Everything
The True Meaning Behind Christmas...
With the world filled with so many things
Christmas time here and lots of gifts everywhere
You think if I didn't have the money I could make something nice
Not true in the real world
People are conditioned and jaded to believe store bought gifts are better
So when something is homemade and is given as a gift
Rarely does it ever get the recognition it deserves
If you are lucky you might get that this is something so special
It must have taken you so long to make
I wish I had had the time or the skill to make something as nice as this
I can't wait to use it
I know I will leave it here so when everyone comes through the door will ask
Who made that and see how beautiful it is
This is the real meaning of Christmas giving from the heart
It is easier to go to a store and pick out something store bought
Sometimes very expensive and other times just that perfect gift you know they will like
I think it is great to get the latest Kindle Fire and I will be the first to admit
It is awesome !
You can do so many things I never could imagine
It makes reading so much more fun
There are so many choices and so many options
I am not one for the newest computers or the latest trend
I actually am quite the opposite
I sit and wait and watch when other people buy the wonder of the day
I sit and ask myself is it really that good
I have done so many thing over the years how can anything compare to all the fun I have had in the past
Why do I need it ?
Will I actually use it or will it just be one more precious object to fill up my home
Am I tricked by all the advertising gimmicks to want what I can't have or don't need
Well time will tell but for now it is as special and exciting as can be
A surprise that I wanted but then I put it out of my mind
Money is tight this year and bills are always pressing
But I thought it was no harm in looking
I went as far as to put the newest Nook on my wish list
There is no crime in dreaming is there
I would get an email when they are in stock
Each time I would walk in Barnes and Noble and listen to the sales lady play an adult version of show and tell
This is what it does
Try it ?
Tell me if you like it ?
Who wouldn't like something to make reading easier ?
Of course there is the warranty
The insurance after you spend all this money just incase it breaks
Then it needs a fancy case to keep it nice
Just to let you know there are other versions that are priced right
The first model of the Nook is a really good deal
When it first came out a couple of years ago it was close to two hundred dollars
All I could think how I waited and now it is so much cheaper now
What a great deal
The new version does so much more
How can you settle for less
It is like stepping back in time
Well I can always get the basic version and upgrade later
That will never happen
I will always be wanting something else
Why not wait and save and get the one I really want
Pay the little extra and have the newest model
Walk away no I better run before I go into my wallet and reach to buy
Maybe if I found a way to make extra money I could save for it
Well it has already been two years and theres always something else more important to spend my money on
When I can be happy with a homemade gift
Am I just like everyone else and have I fallen into the commercial big business trap
Buy now and worry about it later
I know I will walk around and pick up a book
After leaving the counter and roaming around on each book aisle
Picking up a few books and reading each cover
I felt better I was pacified
I could buy one discounted book and take my mind off of it
I am sure I will be happy with another book that I find truely amazing
Ahhhhhh that feeling of the paper in my hands
Turning of the pages one by one
Even the sound of the paper being flipped through
I will leave and come back again and think some more
I will listen to others sometimes strangers talking about their new Nook and what it does
I will look and see what people really feel
I wonder if I would be happy with just a homemade blanket knitted with all my favorite colors
That wraps around my body as I read my latest book
Maybe with something that decorates the house
A wonderful unique gift made out of wood that took lots of time to make
Like an arts and crafts gift actually finished not like mine that sits on a shelf half done
With a world filled so many exciting things
Where do I begin to say what makes me happy
I have to remember it is the thought that counts
I have a cool idea I will see if a close friend will want to share buying a Nook with me
We can cut the price in half and save a little because it is on sale
We can now buy the fancy cover or go to Five Below and get a cheaper cover that still works and looks good
Think of the savings
We can share it
I can have it every other week
Now that is a smart idea and now we can get the insurance just incase it breaks
I rather share one than not have one at all
So I asked around work and I even asked a cousin
What do I want that for ?
You don't have a computer and you can go on the web
I don't know
That is alot of money
It really isn't if you think of what books cost
Twenty books later and it would of been all paid for
Think of the fun
You spend half that money out to eat and having a few drinks with friends
They both said they would get back to me and neither of them did
I asked in work but each person said they would just buy one if they wanted it that bad
I could buy it for someone else and ask to use theirs
Now that would be a great idea
No I do't think that is going to happen
People get funny using other peoples stuff
Even though I bought it
It doesn't matter
People have their own passwords and it gets complicated
What happens when they don't take care of it
Question after question and less answers than when I first started
LIfe is funny and filled with amazing stories to tell
First we live it
Then we talk all about it
If we are smart we write about it and make it into a real story
Maybe change the names and make it into a fiction story so people can guess did it really happen
Make characters and give it a cool ending
I am not sure where I am going with this
This could be a rough draft or just another story
Yes, later I am going to snuggle into a beautiful homemade blanket
I love so much
Yes, I am going to go on the Kindle Fire and see my passion for books light up
A wonderful Christmas gift that my wife and I both share
It was a surprise and you will never hear me admit I had a tear in my eye
I am happier now and maybe it is a sin
To want and want and now go on the Kindle Fire and read at the same time play scrabble with a new friend