Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Mery Christmas and a Happy New Year! These days you can heard this sentence in the street, in the shops,… everywhere. The thing is whether we live these dates such as religious or traditional celebration or it is only a shopping pretext. Unfortunately, our society has become more and more materialistic and the citizens are important if they are able to buy a lot of things.
I like Christmas because it symbolises values like tenderness of a little child or solidarity between poor people. But, on the other hand, I hate Christmas because the consumption’s society makes us to waste our money and our time shopping and becoming crazy looking for a gift.
The custom of giving gifts to relatives and friends on a special day in winter probably began in ancient Rome and northern Europe. In these regions people gave each other small presents as part of their year-end celebrations-; nowadays, this custom goes up and it becomes a very great business.
That’s why I try to simplify Christmas –as possible as I can— by focusing less on stuff and more on connections with family, friends, fun, peace, and even a little rest and relax.

I whish you happiness in spite of Christmas.

Steve Jobs

Last weeks I have been very busy. Therefore, I haven't had time to write anything in my blog. However, I'd like to coment --before Christmas-- the speech of Steve Jobs during the graduation Ceremony at the University of Stanford because I found it very interesting. Firstly, Steve Jobs explains that whatever you do in life feeling like becames usuful in one time or other. I can say that this is true. I had studied sciences and I was bored about it. Then I began a letter career and I thought that never I had studied before could be useful to me. Now, I have to admit that sciences subjects had made my mind well done.
Secondly, Steve Jobs explains how one failure could became an open door to another oportunity. So, when you have a problem, in spite of the drawback you should go ahead.
Finally, in this third story he reflects about life and death and he gives us some very important advice: realize what is important in your life; don't waste your time. This kind of advice can only be given by somebody who has undergone the situation. In fact, when people know that they are going to die --as Steven Joes-- they value the important things in their lives and through away that isn't worth. What do you think about that?