10:21:18
Am I the only one that feels the pain of inanimate objects? Wait, don't answer that right away...
When I was little, I loved the book "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein. In brief, it's a tale about a young boy and a tree. The tree provides the boy with what he wants. He loves the boy very much and provides him with anything he asks for, until the tree is just a stump that as the boy grows old, he can sit on. And the tree is happy.The selfless giving of the tree to the boy he loves, to the point there is nothing left but a stump, shows love but also the selfishness of the boy. I read this story to my son, and it is now one of his favorites.
When I was little and my cuddly toys needed to be boxed or given away, I cried. I felt that they would be lonely, feel abandoned. My son is the same. When I explain that other children are less fortunate, and with his birthday just past and Christmas around the corner, we should donate some of his unused toys and cuddly things to charity, he can't bare it. "But they'll miss me mommy, they'll be sad and afraid without me to take care of them".
And so, the same goes for trees. I really hate buying a Christmas tree every year. I hate the waste of it, the poor tree thrown out after the New Year. I even feel badly for the trees in the shop that are lopsided or drooping, thinking they've grown their whole life with the hope of being chosen as a family Christmas Tree, only to have that life wasted because they aren't perfect.
Nyree sent me this link. A little something to make me feel better about the waste and consumership of Christmas and the holiday season. Save a tree. Love a tree. Go on, I know I'm not the only one.
http://www.christmastreeman.co.uk/Content/default.asp
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