So Christmas has come around again and I must admit that I love this time of year. I love everything that glitters, I love the lights, I love the food, I love the excuse to get together with as many people as you can possibly squeeze in, and I love the slightly manic energy everywhere.<\/p>\n
What I don\u2019t love is that when I turn my radio on, they play \u201cAll I want for Christmas is..you<\/em>\u201d by Mariah Carey (click here<\/a> to hear it \u2013 if you must).<\/p>\n I know it\u2019s just a silly little Christmas song but it really annoys me because it perpetuates the (delusional) view, which unfortunately a lot of people hold, that I\u2019ll be happy if only I get this spouse\/job \/ house\/kids \/promotion \/income\/ holiday\/group of friends\/new set of breasts\/car etc. In the song, the idea is that if I only get \u201cyou\u201d I wont want anything else.<\/p>\n Yeah right.<\/p>\n Recently, a friend of mine finally got what she had wanted for a long, long time. For years she had believed that if only she got this, everything would fall into place and she would be happy and stop wanting. Of course this didn\u2019t happen and she was plunged into a major existential crisis. If this couldn\u2019t make her happy what could?<\/p>\n As Eckhart Tolle wisely tells us :\u201dNo ego can last for long without the need for more. Therefore wanting keeps the ego alive much more than having. The ego wants to want more than it wants to have. And so the shallow satisfaction of having is always replaced by more wanting.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n No doubt if Mariah Carey had finally gotten the \u201cyou\u201d she so longed for, this year she would be wanting something else.<\/p>\n So here are a few ideas for follow-up songs (I think she should release a new one every year):<\/p>\n All I want for Christmas is\u2026\u2026for the baby to stop crying<\/p>\n All I want for Christmas is\u2026\u2026to lose the 5 kg I gained while with you<\/p>\n All I want for Christmas is\u2026\u2026a bigger house<\/p>\n All I want for Christmas is\u2026\u2026the new cute guy at work<\/p>\n All I want for Christmas is\u2026\u2026a new car<\/p>\n All I want for Christmas is\u2026\u2026to get married<\/p>\n All I want for Christmas is\u2026\u2026a new job<\/p>\n All I want for Christmas is\u2026\u2026.bigger breasts<\/p>\n All I want for Christmas is\u2026\u2026.that you would pick your undies off the floor<\/p>\n All I want for Christmas is\u2026\u2026.that our mother would never come around<\/p>\n Okay, enough ranting. You wouldn\u2019t know it from the above, but I do love this time of year.<\/p>\n Have a safe one \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So Christmas has come around again and I must admit that I love this time of year. I love everything that glitters, I love the lights, I love the food, I love the excuse to get together with as many … Continue reading