“The Big Lie“ Blog #98

Why should I be reading this, when there’s nothing out there?

How can I even help when all I see is trouble around me?

What shows me my life matters, when I think no one cares?

One of the most valuable lessons I have learned in life is that most important motto: “BE

THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE”. Believe it or not, each one of us causes change in the

world one day at a time. When we actively do good, this causes a ripple affect. One

might say, “Just me?” So start off, at school - If there is a lie perpetrated about one

student and it gets passed along over and over. What happens? It’s like the snowball that

starts out small and becomes an avalanche. A life can be destroyed by mean, decisive,

angry words! What is the purpose in this? No one person has the right to judge and

malign another human being. Today, In the spirit of Christmas, I might add, “Doing good

is the essence of Christmas”.

Again going back to school, a young girl wrote into a newspaper saying she didn’t believe

in Santa Claus because her friends told her so. Listen to what the editor of this trusted

New York newspaper wrote back:

“Virginia your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a

skeptical age. They don’t believe except what they see. They think nothing can be that is

not comprehended by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or

childrens’ are little. In this great universe of ours man is but an insect, an ant in his intellect

as compared with the boundless world around him, as measured by the intelligence

capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. Yes, Virginia there is a Santa

Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist. You know that

they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be

the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginia’s.

There would be no child-life faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable our

existence. We would have no enjoyment except in sense and sight. The eternal light with

which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus? You

might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all

the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you do not see Santa

Claus coming down the chimney, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but

that is no sign there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that

neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of

course not, but that’s no proof they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the

wonders that are unseen or unseeable in the world. You can tear apart a babies rattle

and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which

not the strongest man nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever

lived could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love and romance can push aside that curtain

and view the supernatural beauty and glory that is beyond. Is it real? Ah, Virginia, In all

the world there is nothing else more real and abiding. No Santa Claus? Thank God He

lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now Virginia, nay, 10 times 10,000 years from

now he will continue to make glad the hearts of childhood.”

Francis B. Church

Editor of the New York Sun

1897

I chose to include this letter that was written over one hundred and twenty five years ago.

Mostly because today its important to DO something positive, different and fulfilling. Stop

worrying about myself and BE all I can for myself! Life is not just about selfish desires and

having money and buying things. Life is to be lived in a full, loving, kind way. Remember

“evil” spelled backwards ? L I V E Jesus Lives.

To answer the first question at the beginning of this Blog, why should I be reading this

when there is nothing out there? Because every person in life needs to realize we are a

speck of dust in this giant universe. Just look up at the billions of stars in the sky! Nothing

out there? HE is out there and Jesus waits for you.

How can I even help when there is trouble ALL around me? As Mother Theresa said years

ago when she was interviewed by a reporter, ”you can help, one person at a time”. Finally,

“what shows me my life matters when I think, no one cares?” Maybe it’s time to stop

worrying about self and go out and do something for someone when they don’t even

know you are coming.

Can I let go of the lies around me and embrace HIS truth?

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