Christmas (:

I LOVE CHRISTMAS. (: I love everything about it, from putting up the tree, cuddling up next to the fireplace with a cup of hot chocolate, to the expressions on your families face when they open a present. The best part about Christmas? CHRISTMAS MUSIC. <3 Christmas a amazing. Yeah, it is a stressful time because you have to have enough money to get presents and everything. But that is not what Christmas is about. I think that Christmas should be about spending time with your family. It should be about enjoying everyone company. Christmas should not be about who gets the most expensive present or complaining about not getting what you want. I would be perfectly fine without getting a single present.

Some people out there don't get 1 thing for Christmas. They would be happy just to have a stable home. Somewhere they can call home. Those people would be extremely happy to get 1 present for Christmas and wouldn't complain if they didn't.

This year I didn't ask for 1 present. I don't want anything. I just want to spend time with my family. I want everyone to be together and be happy. After my mom almost died it made me rethink everything. If my mom were to die what would I remember about her? It wouldn't be what presents she got me, or how much money she spent on me. It would be all the smiles we shared. It would be playing twister on Christmas with my brother and my sister. So this year don't worry about the presents you get or the presents you don;t get. Just be happy that you are with your family.

Feared or Loved?

In my college prep class we were talking about a quote for a essay we read, "The Prince." To sum the quote up it asked one simple question, Is it better to be feared or loved? I can see it in both aspects. I mean if people fear you they are going to do what you want them to do for the sake of not wanting to deal with the consequences. They are going to do it because they feel like they HAVE to, not because they WANT to. If people love you they are going to do what you want them to do because..... well they will want to do it. They will want to do what is going to make you happy.
Also if you are loved and not feared i think that you will gain a lot more respect from them. I mean if you fear someone you don't have respect for them. You do what they want you to do because they want you to do it. If you love someone you have the up most respect for that person. You are going to do what they want you to do because it will make them happy and you know that it is the right thing to do.
Don't get me wrong to be loved has its downfalls too. If you are loved then you have to worry about messing up. You have to worry about upsetting the ones that love you. By making 1 wrong decision you can loose everyone that loves you.
I honestly think that if you fear someone that you will never be able to gain any kind of respect for them but if you were to loose the ones that love you then you can always get them back.