Pause for thought.

While wandering along on my quest for truth I occasionally stumble across a revelation. Today I had one of those revelations.

Ready for this? Deep breath in....

The reason that the world is so fucked up is that we lie to our children from the day that they are born.

And breathe out...

Do you remember the day when you realised that there was no Santa Claus? Do you Remember being emotionally destroyed because you had been under the illusion that there was a fat, jolly, white bearded guy who, dropped down your chimney/climbed through your letterbox/snuck in through the catflap, left you gifts because you had been a good little Girl/Boy?

You do don't you? Sure you do. Look deep within your memory banks and remember that day.

It was a horrible realisation wasn't it? Knowing that your parents had filled your head with utter shit in order to make you believe there were just rewards for...

• Being good.

• Not kicking your kid sister in the head.

• Not poking the skanky kid at school with a shit covered stick.

• Not shouting "Fuck Jesus" in church.

• Giving your seat to an elder on the bus.

• Eating with your mouth closed.

• Saying your prayers.
  

Or whatever other reason your parents used the dreaded "Santa won't bring you any toys" line for.

Fuck that. No way on this earth am I ever going to fill any kids mind with that bullshit. Kids may be kids but they aint stupid. Tell them the truth for a change.

Go on.

Do it.

Right now.

Go and tell Timmy or Tammy (or whatever stupid moniker you lumbered your kid with at birth) that the world is a beautiful place that is being treated like shit by the human race. Tell them that that does not have to be if they desire it not to be. Tell them they are the peak of more than a billion years of growth. Tell them things that encourage goodness for no reward but goodness. Tell them anything life affirming. Tell them anything...

Just don't lie to them.
Cos they'll spot a fake quicker than you or I could ever hope to.