Riding the metro to church tonight, there was a father and his young daughter standing next to me. As I watched the little girl she was gazing at her new barbie doll still packaged. Her eyes never left the doll, even as they exited the car and were walking down the platform.
There are several thoughts and emotions that are stirred tonight from that brief encounter. First, the effect of globalization on everyone -- even the youngest -- and the long term effects. Second, I can't help but think about the over abundance of toys that most children in America 'benefit'? from... And, the over commercialization of Christmas - how we, westerners, are sucked into the mentality of always needing more... And, last, the commonality of the human race, simplified in the gaze of a child being nudged on by her father as she strolled down the platform.
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