This was brought on by this idiotic "Black Friday" crap. The most difficult question I ever get is "What do you want for your birthday/Christmas?" I don't want anything. Say "Merry Christmas" to me and go give $5 to some bum. Even better, give him a six-pack of good beer. Go to a nearby cemetery and say "Thank You" to some poor 20 year old soldier who never got to experience life. Or to a cop or fireman who was taken away from his family.
The road up and the road down means we all have to make our choices. To go up is to choose the harder way. Going down is controlled by gravity, the universe takes control of you. Or you can choose to stand still. Those are all choices made on the same road.
Black Friday is a surrender to the path down. If for no other reason than to please me, don't surrender.
"Kýrie, eléison, down the road that I must travel" - Mr.Mr.
