Post Christmas...

So Christmas was yesterday, and its so hard not to get caught up in the materialism of the world. I hear some of my friends telling me how for the past 5 years they have told their parents not to buy them anything because they dont need it, and here I am asking for so many things. And here I am the day after Christmas asking myself what I am going to do with all of the stuff I got, where am I to put it in my tiny dorm room? Do I have enough room in my closet? Do I even need any of this? The one new thing I experienced this holiday season was how Americans are obsessed with buying things for everyone on their list, not for actually being with them and spending quality time with them. The things we buy for people become none other than a sort of pay back for being our friend, impersonal gifts flood my shelves from people that just needed to say that they got me something, and this somehow gains my favor? I think about this...and at the same time my sinful nature makes me wish I got more stuff. I can only pray that by this time next year I wouldn't wish for anything or ask for anything other than love and support from my family and loved ones. Where did this break go? I can't believe I only have a week left! buuuuut...disneyland here I come :)