War of the Shopping Carts

As many of you faithful readers will remember, a few months back this blog started a campaign against shopping carts and the individuals who leave there shopping carts randomly around the parking lot. During the Holiday season, I was reminded about this issues and peoples seemingly inability to put away their shopping carts. I fully understand that during the holiday season we are busy and have errands to run and people to see. Sometimes we can get so caught up in the rush of the holidays we may forget to put away our shopping cart. The holidays season is now over and we have an opportunity to all become better individuals. During the New Year we all make resolutions some to quit smoking, some to loose weight, some to conquer their fears of snakes. What ever are resolutions are we can all do one thing to make our lives a better place. This year lets put our shopping carts away. Lets put at least one cart away if we see it in the parking lot when we go shopping. If we put one cart away we can then have hope that we can believe in! For all of you who read this blog commit yourself to put away one cart away the next time you go shopping. Not only do you help a car in need but you also help your body. By pushing that cart you are working muscles you may have not other wise worked out that day. Also think back to when you were a kid, one of the great joys in life was running with a cart and jumping on it and riding the cart in the parking lot. So lets bring hope back to the parking lot and back to America and put away are shopping carts but also those carts that are just left in parking lot.

By reading this blog you are now committed to putting away one cart this week!

That Spirt of Christmas

Once again Christmas is upon us all. It is that glorious time of the year that we get to be with the ones we love and share so much joy and cheer. You have to admit it is wonderful feeling. During Christmas we all have a lot of fun, sitting by the fireside, taking walks through the snow, listening to choirs singing about the true meaning of Christmas and reminding us about the birth of the Savior. Lets remember that we can keep this Christmas Spirit all through the year, not just at this special time but all year long.

Sometimes we think the Santa takes away from the true meaning of Christmas, but if you were to take a look into Santa you can see Santa Clause embraces the true Christmas spirit. Santa teaches us to have hope and faith, he also teaches us to give without thought of what we will get in return. Santa spreads joy and hope into they eyes of child and also to adults. The idea of Santa allows us to give and in many situations allows us to give freely. Many times we give gifts with a monetary value but in giving we pass on the Spirit of Christmas to each other.

One thing I have discovered this Christmas season is that Christmas is full of hope. Sometimes we lose focus of the hope that is in Christmas. In the truest form of Christmas we can remember that Christmas celebrates the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ and in that we can gain great hope and a light that can guide us through the entire year. Lets keep that Spirit all year round and think of others and carry a Spirit of Love to each other.