Celebrate

No man is a failure who is enjoying life.

William Feather
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What? You don't have your barbecue yet? What's the matter with you?

On Wednesday I went to the mall to make a few simple purchases. Along the long outside wall there was an array of barbecue devises. Some of them were very intricate and as large as a small car. Others were simple and could probably fit into a small car. But they were all there to provide for the same thing: "The Famous American Backyard Cook Out."

As I stood there looking at them (no, I have no interest in owning one) I recalled that when I visited that mall in December along that same long wall there were trees. Evergreens. "Christmas Trees."

I remarked to myself how those two items represent two of the rituals of celebration we experience. Friends and family gathering in the back yard to enjoy some tasty food, or coming together to decorate the Christmas Tree. There are also the New Years Eve party, the Fourth of July Parade, the Thanksgiving turkey, and peppered throughout the year are other special days which, along with birthdays, graduations, weddings and anniversaries, mean that every day of the year there is a reason for some group of people somewhere in the land to have fun.

I'm not a particular fan of rituals, as it says in my profile, but I can see and appreciate other people's pleasure in them. And I say it's a grand thing that we live in a part of the world where people can celebrate an event without being threatened, and where the phantoms of fear, failure, suffering, confusion and distress can be shoved aside by an occasion for people to come together and enjoy themselves.
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Never give up.
DB - Vagabond Journeys
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SUMMER QUESTION

It's a long, hot, sticky summer, so here's a hot, sticky question for you. Don't let the recent New York State decision rob you of your thunder.

Same sex marriage. Should it be legal or not? If so, why? If not, why not?

dbdacoba@aol.com

9 answers so far.

You have until the last day of summer, but don't dally.
I eagerly await your answer.

DB
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