Celebrating Denial

Once again the seasonal holidays have arrived all too quickly. Many of us groan at the thought. Here we go again! We run to keep up the pace so as not to be swept asunder mankind’s marching advance.

Each year we’re a little older, and seemingly less prepared. As a nation, we seem less tolerant, and willing to reflect upon what has gotten us here. We recede to our homes, and whisper quiet thanks to our families. We no longer shout from the mountain tops about those things that have made us a beacon for the world

The common sense of “community” is slowly being abandoned in favor of “the self” Profit, seems to be top priority while our very laws are abandoned and perverted. We’ve begun to lose our souls.

The truth is that “actions speak louder than words”. Latter day American history has found us removing the underpinning of the nation’s Christianity. We no longer allow prayer in schools, nor humility toward something greater than ourselves. We forget to place our hand on our hearts during the National Anthem, and we prefer to use our military protectors as political pawns rather than recognize them as true heroes. We certainly have not accorded veterans the proper status in the more than 30 years. One look at any V.A. hospital will tell you all you need to know about our priorities.

Rather than protecting the rights of the minority, the hardening hearts in America are dictating law to the majority. Could revolution be far behind? We have lost our way. The very things that allowed this country to be strong for nearly 200 years are under attack, and systematically being dismantled. The slow water torture, drip, drip, drip we hear is our life blood being drained. What is worse is that we are inflicting the wounds upon ourselves.

Yes, we still celebrate Thanksgiving just like the pilgrims did. We were fairly puritanical and religious in the 1600’s. Today, the folks who made nice with Native American’s during that first feast would scarcely recognize their own country for its holy abandonment.

Christmas is a target. The idea of even calling December holidays “Christmas time” is offensive to some people. An attempt to secularize the nations institutions and traditions has been mobilized, but in doing so its supporters weaken the national foundation. We celebrate our holidays merely as time away from toil, instead of cherishing those days for what they really mean.

We don’t want to be reminded of the true meaning of Thanksgiving or Christmas. That would involve admitting to our own narcissism. Unfortunately, we can’t even identify how offensive we are to our founding constitutional tenants. The constitutional right exists to freely practice religion, not to curtail it. Thusly in rewriting the past we do a great disservice to those who will follow us. So gluttonous are we that we are about to choke on our own freedom. We fashion idols to the contemptible, and revere the truth less and less.

The first step on a road to recovery is to recognize the problem. We are still in denial over these suicidal tendencies. Unless we admit the errors, we are likely to falter and ultimately perish. The ash-heap of history is replete with other empires and paradises that disappeared because mankind wanted the one fruit that would harm it, instead of the many which will nurture. It’s time to redeem ourselves. Step out of the denial, and set a course of action to make us a great nation once again. Then we will truly have something to celebrate.