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Malls as a tourist destination

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I have a few family members over, and I was asking my mother where she was planning to take them. I imagined CN tower would be on the list, maybe the harborfront, but what I didn’t expect was, Yorkdale Mall, figured high on the list as well. I was surprised. For a second, I wondered, what had happened to society, to result in malls being a major tourist destination.

I remembered back to the last few times, people have come to visit from the Middle East and India, and every time, they have gone to Eaton’s Centre, and Yorkdale Mall, as well as Costco, to get a feel for what Canada is all about. It is something that is laughable, but unfortunately, it is true. Our tourist destinations instead of being museums, and art galleries, are turning into malls and big-box stores.

I asked my friend this question, When did this happen? When did malls become a major tourist destination? And he replied, same time when what you wear became more important than your health. He told me a story about a friend of his who was speaking about a niece that she was worried about. The niece apparently was doing cocaine and his friend was worried about her. But then she said, I am going to take the girl shopping, because she dresses as a slut and that is really the most important thing to deal with right now, with regards to her.

My friend was obviously flabbergasted, but this is what our society is coming to. It is becoming a society where the size of your bank account is more important than your personality. Where your wardrobe is more important than your health. Where our malls are more important than the museums. Where we care more about what is on our phones, than what is in our food. The list can go on and on, but I am sure you get the idea.

It isn’t all pessimistic, things are slowly changing. Moving towards caring about the actual important things in life, like family, friends, love, spirit and health. It will take time, but it will happen. I’m sure of it. I have to believe that in my heart, otherwise, it does get a bit disheartening at times.

You ready for the end of the world?

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I was at work yesterday, and all everyone could talk about was 2012, the end of the world. Is it that uppermost on everyone’s thoughts? How can that be? As one girl put it, It scares me, it really scares me. It makes me wonder why am I doing all of this, working, studying, etc. I could just take the last year on Earth off and spend it with my boyfriend and family.

That is a valid point. You know there are so many surveys that ask the question, What would you do if you found out you had six months to live? Well, it isn’t very sure that the apocalypse is coming, many people believe it is a 100%, maybe do not. Nevertheless, the point is that the six billion people on the planet have been asked the question, What would you do if you found out you have a year to live? And most people are a bit perturbed, because they realize that they are not going to change anything. They are still living as if they have 50 years left to live or more. They are still working long hours, they are still treating the environment like their personal garbage dump, they are still spending money on things they do not need. Nothing has changed.

I believe the warning has been given to the people. You have to change the way you live your life or you are going to regret it. You can either heed the warning, or ignore it to your peril.

Maybe the world will end in December 2012 or it will not. Does it really matter? Shouldn’t we be living every moment as if it were our last. Isn’t the whole point of it? We are lucky. We got more than fair warning. It was more than two years to the day, when we were all told, the Earth is going to end.

The funny thing is that most people I talk to tell me that they think, they will the ones to survive the apocalypse. They will be the ones to survive out of the six billion souls on this planet. We are not even including the billions of other species on this planet, who have the right to survive as well. Why do we have such egos to think that we would survive? Am I being too harsh?

It makes sense though. It is our ego as a human being, which has brought us here to this point, where we believe that the Earth and other species are here only to provide for our comforts. The trees are there to provide us furniture and fruits. The animals are there to provide us fur and meat. I mean, they do not deserve to live just because they are a living thing that deserves to live on its own merit. Why would they? Humans are the most important species on this planet. Aren’t they?

If we are so important, and all-mighty, wouldn’t God try to save their all-important species? If we mattered so much in the scheme of evolution and the world, God would come down and save us from the apocalypse? Doesn’t that make sense?

Of course, these are hard questions. But we have an opportunity to stop living in the same way as we have been for the past years, and change our ways. Focus on whats important. Relationships and Self-knowing. Or whatever you believe is important to you, if you had a year left to live.