When I was a young mother and I began to feel fried and frenzied instead of happy and joyful for what I had; I would often step out of where I was and what I found myself thinking and doing and take a different perspective of the whole thing.  This isn't a bad thing to do when you feel yourself loosing it over something that is in all reality small.    When we get overwhelmed and especially at night everything, and I do mean everything seems to be bigger and badder (I know that's not a word, but you follow!).    Things seem to grow beyond that which we can comprehend and understand and we go into that ugly place where we ever hate ourselves.

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I am actually happy to say that I mute all frenzied advertisements on TV forever.    They leave me confused, putting tissue in my ears and they are anything but a feast for my eyes.  Black Friday,   why would you subject yourself to such torture over a purchase?  Perhaps it is the need to be a part of humanity in the throws of something.   Are you looking to get a "RUSH" out of the frenzied experience?  I just don't get it.   The same effect is seen on December 26th.    Another day of frenzied, crying frustrated shopper trying to do ….. what?

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