<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[hermesss-aglaea]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[hermesssaglaea]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.wordpress.com/author/hermesssaglaea/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[An Odyssey to Xmas&nbsp;shopping]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="21551" data-permalink="https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.wordpress.com/2016/12/01/an-odyssey-to-xmas-shopping/img_1821-2/" data-orig-file="https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_1821-2.jpg" data-orig-size="5184,3456" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1480596171&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;21&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="img_1821-2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_1821-2.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_1821-2.jpg?w=1024" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-21551" src="https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_1821-2.jpg?w=5184&#038;h=3456" alt="img_1821-2" width="5184" height="3456" srcset="https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_1821-2.jpg 5184w, https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_1821-2.jpg?w=150&amp;h=100 150w, https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_1821-2.jpg?w=300&amp;h=200 300w, https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_1821-2.jpg?w=768&amp;h=512 768w, https://hermesssaglaeadotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_1821-2.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=683 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px" /> We were sick for a week.</p>
<p>But now I think I can continue to write. My brain revived and survived. Back to the routine which is no longer even a routine; everything now is about Christmas, family holidays and presents. I started to receive letters from all possible charity funds and NFT organisations. We&#8217;ve been volunteering way less this year than previous years; but we donated money if that can anyhow be compared.</p>
<p>Instead of buying lottery tickets from charities or sponsoring a child in Africa, we seem to focus on buying more useless things, consuming stuff and piling it up in a garage. We loose a clear vision of what real suffering means. We can hardly see people next to us being in pain and hunger, cause our horizons are blocked with mountains of stuff we don&#8217;t need.</p>
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<p>Неделю болели. Но, кажется сегодня всё наладилось, и я могу спокойно продолжать писать.</p>
<p>Как всегда, болезнь выметает весь сор из избы и, даже поскребя по сусекам, мыслей нашлось меньше, чем на колобок. Больших событий не произошло, кроме как званный обед, Рождественская суматоха и встреча с друзьями. Ах, да.. ещё организация подарков.</p>
<p>Пришло несколько писем, в которых в качестве подарков предлагалось спонсировать ребенка или еду для бедных фермеров во Вьетнаме или просто купить лотерейный билет и поучаствовать в жизни малоимущих семей. Напротив, в магазинах вещевое засилье и шоколадное удушье, скидочный рай и новогодне-рождественская музыка для роботопокупателей.</p>
<p>И вот с платформы мира, где люди живут зажиточно и комфортно, так неудобно смотреть на мир напротив, потому что количество заваливших наш горизонт вещей и новых &#8220;необходимо-ненужных&#8221; покупок загораживают видимость.</p>
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