Saturday, December 19, 2015

Please, Julie, bring us Christmas joy.

I wonder. What it would be like. To be addicted to the truth. I’d like my good friend Julie. To try it. By replacing her addiction to alcohol. With a new addiction. To the truth.  In other words, Julie’s daily fix would be facing up to the truth. About herself. Now she’s a liar.  In denial. Of the truth. Occasionally, Julie tells us that she’s finally going to quit imbibing. But we all know better. She ain’t sincere. She’s fibbing. To all of us. But even worse, she lets herself down. She’s the habitual liar. Yes, a double whammy. A liar and an alcoholic.  It’s Christmas week. And poor Julie is on the path to self-destruction. I for one, won’t be celebrating. Won't be cheerful. If Julie comes to the party drunk. So disappointing. So sad. That is, unless Julie gives us reason to be cheerful. --Jim Broede

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