Is the world really becoming very mean...??

Just wondering...everybody keeps talking about the world becoming such a mean place, with no manners and an 'every man for himself' mentality.

Certainly at the Confirmation class last Wednesday we all had to sit through a gruelling 45 mins. movie about a selfish King. I glanced over at Claudia a few times as she tried to contain herself. "It was for 4 year olds mum - seriously!" She didn't have to tell me. It was a story about a selfish King who liked nothing more than to sit in his bubble bath all day long playing with his duckie. He loved his duckies and had a kingdom full of plastic duckies. One day a servant asked him for one and he said "No, I like my duckies". After the movie, the children had to discuss the movie and see if there was anything about it that pertained to the season of Lent which is upon us. They were speechless - Claudia later told me they were bored to death and that one kid nearly fell asleep during the movie. They had not one single word to say about the movie so that was the end of that!

We discussed lent some time ago and when one child was asked "what is Lent?" his response was very amusing "It's when you put a black thing on your forehead". This class is SO much fun - almost as funny as the belly dancing. I suggested that maybe the moral of the movie was that we must not be selfish Yeah - whatever! Kids nowadays are so tired all the time. Claudia explained that after a long hard day in the classroom another series of quizzes was the last thing people wanted. Certainly the way the class is constructed, it's all very fact orientated - all head and very little heart. Could that be why the world is becoming a meaner place? I dunno...

Sitting behind a desk in a psychiatrist's office, the harshness of the world comes pouring in day after day and I keep asking myself 'Why?' and 'Is the world really becoming meaner and less friendly and less caring? Kevin maintains it's due to a lack of spirituality and that all the chaos and financial crisis in the world today is going to force people to look within and to return to kinder, less material ways. Stuff is so transient - one day your shares are up - another day they are down. You have no control over anything except your spiritual journey because in the end, it's all you need...

I am writing this blog during a lull moment at work. The girl next door came in with a letter addressed to us and delivered to her in error. Speak of the devil - it was a letter from a divorce company! aptly named 'Fairway - Divorce Solutions'. I wonder why they are sending it to our office? It was addressed to Kevin personally...Jeez NOW I'm beginning to get worried!!! JAAAAAAAAAA

Phew - I needed a cup of tea!

This Fairway company are offering to provide a fair system for people seeking divorce solutions. I guess they must have thought we would have a lot of people in that position. Staying with the 'mean theme' I must share the latest bit I just read about the new kind of speed-dating - it is called 'Hate-dating' or 'Hate-dates'. It started in London and apparently for a few seconds you get to vent your rage and frustration with the world and spit out all your hates...apparently it is very therapeutic and is the 'in-thing'. One fellow remarked he never knew women were SO angry!!

Have you heard of Hot Yoga? The first time I heard about it I thought in my innocence, that it was a place to pick up a 'hot date'. I had read of establishments in Vancouver where men (gay obviously!) all do yoga in the nip - so that is what I thought 'Hot Yoga' meant! LOL. I was wrong obviously - or maybe not! Well anyway the newest form of yoga is called 'Laughter Yoga' - the world has become too serious and depressing so now with whatever free pennies you have left from the recession you can go into a room and people will come over and make jokes and do everything in their power to make you laugh - AH............no tanks!! I think I would rather have my funny seaside holiday postcards. They make me laugh louder than any laughter yoga could do!!

On that funny and thought provoking note, I bid you all a cheery billy bye...

Do something nice for yourselves this weekend - how about Hot Yoga? or Laughter Yoga? or Speed Hate-dating? or ....

Delisha xxx