How dark does the night have to be before we see the stars clearly?

No, I am not talking about celebrities. I am not even talking about movies, for those of you who expected some reference to the latest Batman movie. I'm just throwing down a few thoughts about stuff. You know, trying to ramble a little and see if I can throw in some sense every here and there. The world seems to be going crazy these days, with all the oil price fluctuations, and all the economic scares worrying everybody.

I just want to try and put things into perspective to at least give some solace to a worried mind. No, I'm not going to try to portray whatever bright sides there might be the whole deal. Sure, there's the environmental plus derived from the high energy costs leading consumers to use less, thereby generating fewer emissions. There's also the benefit that its forcing industries and engineers to accelerate alternative energy sources, which will eventually reduce the demand for oil, hence diminishing its exertion on world politics. This might just be a chance solution to the middle east crisis after all.

Whatever good or evil may come out of the turmoil is not my focus here. I would like to address another important issue, which is how we should perceive the world, now that we have infallible evidence that the systems we've built our entire lives around are not as stable as we thought. I would like to take this time to ask that we reflect within and evaluate our goals. In the consumerist stream we swim in, we have come to place possessions over the owners, placing more value on 'having', rather than 'being'. Think about how much time we spend perusing and shopping, as opposed to actually investing time in those who are supposed to use those things in the first place. I'm basically pointing my flashlight at the family structure we've come to adopt.

Every human being is a gem, whether they're wearing diamonds or not. But judging by the images and thoughts being propagated around, you'd almost believe that one has to wear the latest fashion, drive the latest car, and own the latest gadgets in order to matter. It's so distorted, that we now make 'shoe-contact' and 'watch-contact' before even thinking about 'eye-contact'. So now, Joe Average has to work himself extra long and hard to impress the Joneses, while Jane Average has to go out and work as well, if she wants to wear the same Chanel and Prada she saw Christy Fabulous wearing on the TV commercial. Meanwhile, little Jack Average and Jill Average end up spending less and less time with their parents as a family, which they probably don't notice, because they're too busy worrying about how they're gonna get the new Sidekick and iPhone to match their friends, whose parents bought them those those things using the third family credit card. But none of this matters, coz the Averages can cast all their worry out of their minds while they're munching on the fat-packed, cholestorol-loaded, artificially-flavored food in the drive through. At the same time, the Fabulouses the Awesomes are hard at work drafting the next line of goods, as well the catchy ads to match, which they will push to the market for the Averages to continue to strive for.

I personally own a PDA phone, drive a Jeep, and eat a Junior Bacon cheese burger every chance I get, so every finger I point comes back to me, but my basic gist is that, I'm not gonna work myself so many hours, that I can't take time to enjoy the most fabulously designed piece of technology on Earth, my fellow human beings. Let's not put so much pressure on each other, and perhaps the stress will go down. We could take a few minutes to enjoy cooking a nice meal and eat together as a family, and maybe we'll just find ourselves healthier. But at the end of the day: I'm just saying, and it's just a thought.

Sorry to mount the high horse on yall, but I hope we're still friends, and that you come back and visit me soon. In the meantime, enjoy that burger, but try a nice bowl of soup if you wanna savor something a little different.

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