Behind Christmas Spirit

Behind the Christmas Spirit in Spain

Have you realized that it’s only one day for Christmas? 

Christmas, a good part of the year in which everybody seems to be happy and good feelings are widely spread all over the world, consciously knowing, that most of times, these are fake feelings, feelings that try to hide all the unhappiness and uncertainty that  has been triggered in the last years by the actions being taken by politicians.

Do you really think that families, which have most of their members unemployed, are happy?

I am positive that what they really want is Christmas to pass as quickly as possible. These days, in which they could not possibly afford to give away a toy o whatever they wanted to their children or relatives, might become a torture for them.  Our ‘developed’ society is ruled by money and the lack of values is its main feature.

But, is it money needed to be happy?

It is true that life is a set of things that make you smile, and money is not among them. What we really need to be happy is very close to us and it is, in most cases, unnoticed. Little details, as a Christmas card from a friend one thought had forgotten you, your relatives giving you a phone call from overseas or having a meal around the table, in which the most important thing is to breathe the love in the air by the mere fact of seeing each other faces, might make your heart feels the joy of being life.

Life is good and it is worth living it. We are sick and tired of this situation but shouldn’t we let   politicians make us unhappy. They should feel shame by the actions they have been taken and have supposed a cut down in our civil rights and standard of living. It is up to each other to try to overcome this situation and be happy, even at Christmas.

Vicent