The HIDDEN Mean-ing of "Happy New Year"

"Happy New Year"

"Merry Christmas"

"Have A Nice Day"

What do these mean?

Be happy

Be merry [a word never used except at Christ-mass]

Have a nice day as I go back to my crap job

I asked a guy what he meant

He said it's a phrase for between Christmas and the new year

I laughed

But he was caught off guard

Like robots 

People regurgitate what they are told to

And expected to say

Without thinking

Without heart

Mind-less dribble

Heart-less dribble

No soul

No love

No substance

No feel-ing

Shallow words 

For 

Shallow people

Shouldn't we strive for meaning in our

Words

And lives?!

How 'bout changing things up:

Suggesting others care for the air

We breathe

How 'bout caring about the rights of workers?!

How 'bout caring about equality, social justice, peace...?!

How 'bout saying something that might make people think?!

That might change their/our way of thinking

Our way of living

Our way of be-ing

To be more in harmony

With one an-other

More harmony

With

Nature

[We are part of/

Dependent on

Nature]

Should we 

Be happy

If we cause suffering?

Should be having

A nice day

As we yell at our child?

Are the dead humans and non-humans
Killed out of our greed and convenient life-styles

Happy?

Are the war policies that increase our wealth
By selling armaments to Saudi Arabia
Helping those attacked by Saudi Arabia
Have a nice day?

The super-ficial platitudes

Must pass away

Like an approaching cockroach

The empty words

By-pass

The heart and the mind

Let's say something

A little less

Self-indulgent!

Let's challenge

One an-other

To be/do better! 

We need 

To stop fear-ing

Others 

Time to grow up

And stop wanting others'

Approval

We need to speak out for the voice-less
And the weak

Do the right thing

Say the right thing

Have a nice day 

{While you ...}

 

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