It's a religious celebration so deal with it

So I was listening to the radio this morning on my way to school and the topic was Christmas; which I would like to point out from the start is a religious holiday. If you’re offended I’m sorry but stop taking advantage of Christian holidays, for lack of better world, so you can celebrate another day of money spending. Back to the radio; someone had read something somewhere about a person complaining about how a nativity scene shouldn’t be a Christmas decoration or that it was infringing other non Christian people’s rights to celebrate Christmas. Whatever they were talking about on the radio was ridiculous. I would like to point out that without the birth of Jesus Christ there would be no Christmas. Christmas is a celebration of the Church that other non religious and disrespectful people want to make money off of. Instead of me taking Christ out of Christmas why don’t you rake you disrespect and material things out of my celebration of the birth of my savior. Or is that too hard to do? So by taking the Christ out of Christmas you get –mas, which ironically is a Catholic celebration. So without Christ in Christmas you end up with something only Catholics can celebrate I would also like to point out that there would be no Santa Claus or commercial Christmas without St Nicholas. If you are not familiar with the story of St Nicholas he is known as an older version of what people now call Santa Claus. St Nicholas was born in 280 AD, in Patara, a city of Lycia, in Asia Minor. He became the gift giver of Myra. His gifts were given late at night, so that the gift giver's identity would remain a secret. St Nicholas was eventually named the patron saint of children, sailors, Russia and Greece. St Nicholas was a Christian priest, who later became a bishop. He was a rich person, and traveled the country helping people, giving gifts of money and other presents. St Nicholas did not like to be seen when he gave away presents, so the children of the day were told to go to sleep quickly or he would not come! Nothing has changed and Santa Claus will not arrive this Christmas unless the children go to sleep early. Christmas is a religious holiday that has been adapted by our materialistic society and converted into a time of money spending and stress. I refuse to take Christ out of Christmas because Christ is the reason for Christmas and you can’t possibly celebrate Christmas without sharing a religious aspect. I’m not a hundred percent sure but I’m pretty sure that it is very difficult to celebrate Christmas without Santa and Christ. Overall it is a religious celebration of the birthday of our Lord Jesus and if you don’t like it sucks to be you. I do not want to hear anymore take Christ out of Christmas or no nativity scenes or anything like that. People weren’t smart enough to come up with their own holiday so they took one of the most important days in the Church and materialized it. Way to be original. To conclude it was a religious holiday first so don’t be saying it offends your rights to celebrate Christmas because you are the one choosing to celebrate a religious holiday and there is no way around it. I hope I made my point!

Reason to be upset

So today in Theology we were talking about life issues and our topic was anorexia. Across the United States 8 million people are affected by eating disorders, 7million of them women and 1 million of them men. People identify their self worth and value in attaining the ideal body. Most people who are anorexic are 15% below body weight and have a fear of becoming fat. So many people have eating disorders because they see the ideal body as a chiseled smooth body with little to no body fat. Our society gets that image from the media. We see all the movie stars, celebrities and who ever else and want to be just like them. That is the ideal body that Americans think of. Our discussion today focused on that thanks to our resident airhead and careless chatter box. According to her the ideal size for women is like a double zero or something. Apparently our size scale is too big so now we need a double zero. However this girl also brought up the fact that now the media is gradually slipping in the “big is beautiful.” Ok yeah duh as one of my teachers says there’s more of the person to love. Being big isn’t a bad thing however when people call a 6-8 a plus size they are so wrong. I’m sorry but I’m not that fat and I wear a bigger size than a “plus size.” What the hell. And you wonder why people have problems and worry about their weight. If we are going around saying a 6 or 8 is a plus size there is something seriously wrong with our culture. We are created in the image and likeness of God therefore we should not worry about obtaining some unrealistic image the media puts forth. Apparently being skinny or having an eating disorder isn’t fun or easy so why do people want to be like the unhappy “models” of America. I can understand wanting to loose a few pounds to get a trimmer fit, go down ONE size in pants or work off all the holiday goodies but seriously people don’t listen to the media, it’s not healthy. If the guy down the street doesn’t like you, don’t become anorexic, someone out there loves you for who you are don’t change for others, let them see you for who you are. And hey maybe the guy likes you, he’s just shy. Your looks and outside appearance should be the last thing you think about although I do admit I think about it a lot. Want to know why? Cause there are people in this world that judge by outside looks. I’m not looking to gain their favor I’m just looking to not get picked on and made fun of. I don’t always look my best but I deal with it. And there’s nothing wrong with looking good or nice so dress up spend time on your hair but not an hour. I am thankful to have friends who, as far as I am concerned, don’t care all that much about what I wear. One of my friends complained he couldn’t see my eyelashes, I don’t care. I just wear mascara now because it makes me look a little bit more awake. Anyway to conclude… big is beautiful (and I don’t mean big as in 6-8) so please don’t get discouraged. Feeling better about yourself isn’t the end of the world either whether you are petite, small, medium, or whatever. You are created in the image and likeness of God. This means you are meant to be the way you are. You do have to right to feel good about yourself but you should never identify you self worth with your body and self image. Oh and I can’t stand the girls who clearly spend at least 15 minutes on their makeup and then their hair looks like they slept with it in a pony tail, it really isn’t attractive. I understand it’s the style or trend or whatever it’s called now-a-days but break away, be original you hair should look nice, not like a wild mane. That’s all.

Life Just Stinks

So recently it just feels like I can't do anything right. Actually I did one thing; I wrote a damn good paper in English and proved to my teacher I’m not worthless. I actually think she had trouble telling me I did a good job for once. Other than that, things aren't so great. It seems that I made something up about my friends but unless my memory is defective I’m right. That isn’t what bothers me so much, it just adds to my problems. I would never do anything to hurt this person but now I feel like I’ve really screwed things up. On top of that there is a girl in my religion class that drives me crazy; I can’t stand her. She asks random no brainier questions (my personal opinion) and then when my teacher starts to answer them she’ll either be like “no it’s ok never mind I just don’t understand you can stop.” Or she’ll start talking to someone else. Seriously if a man is a Brother and is joining the Priesthood I think he’s ok with not having sex, and as a high school senior she shouldn’t be able to say man I couldn’t live like that. I think she’s trying to send a hint to the guys in the class and doesn’t hide the fact that she has probably already had sex. Oh and then just pulling out a packet of birth control pills in class, I mean seriously that’s like bringing Hitler’s book Mein Kampf into a Jewish school and saying let’s read this wonderful book. It’s not right. Plus some of my other friends seem to be frustrated with me or just not willing to talk. People, who used to talk to me everyday and smile and share a laugh for the same reason, now barely ever talk to me. I’ll give it time because I know I’m not the only one with problems right now. Some of my friends have worse problems than me but when you keep things to yourself it doesn’t help. I know this and it kills me overtime eventually it will pile up and then one thing will light the fuse and there’s no way to stop the explosion… basically I really don’t feel happy, people need to help each other and when I mess up I freak out and stress to no end making a mountain out of a mole hill. “Our biggest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure” some of us don’t know our own power. I’m upset and life sucks. I understand others might too so I’m not comparing myself to anyone.