New Years Eve. Over consumption, drunk and disorderly, bragging rights. No thank you. I'll stay in the forest alone with my thoughts in a small tent breathing the fresh air, in peace and calm.

Numbers are for those who have deadlines.

I no longer follow deadlines.

I follow peace and quiet.

The Invisible Christmas Tree.

The tree I keep in my house is in my thoughts. I want the tree to live, to breathe. Not to be in someone's house dressed up with hot lights, a bundle of capitalist 'gift's where little children are good so they will receive their 'gifts' while at the same time children are going hungry in third world countries.

It doesn't make any sense. The world is a cruel place.

X-mas means nothing to me.

All I want for the world is nourishment and peace.

Nothing else.

Crowded cities. Why it's so expensive and filthy.

I used to live in the big city. I hated it. I worked an office job, brainwashed in my younger years that living in the city was full of energy. By the time I struggled to find a space to park my small car (usually an hour to two to find a spot 5 miles away) paying outrageous rent for a room no bigger than a closet, phoney neighbors, even phonier nightclubs and nightlife. Fighting traffic, congestion, smog, hot weather, stuck up people, women that I couldn't communicate with, I had enough. I didn't want to be living a negative lifestyle.

So I moved. Away from the hustle and bustle, leaving the 'energy' behind. Where do I live now? Near the redwoods, cooler weather and nicer people. No traffic, I don't drive anymore, I walk or ride my bike. I don't need much, so I have lots of time to write and mediate.

I'm constantly thinking about the world's problems, if everyone had nothing we would be so much happier. We don't need to put stress on our lives when it comes to issues like parking, affordable housing, pollution.

It's greed that''s putting a toll on the human race and we need to wake up and smell the fresh air, before it's too late and the ozone layer is depleted.

I'm not some new age guru. I used to be one of the people that scoffed at the harmful effects of the greehouse effect.

If greed was eliminated we could be much happier.

Safe yourself. Save the planet. Be nothing. Pray for nothing.

Want nothing.

Great sadness filled with empty promises.

People think because they have 'the biggest house, the biggest car, the job that earns the most $$$$' that they will be happy. But that is not the case, it often leads to wanting 'more'.

I have heard of cases where High School students in wealthy enclaves in California are going to school with $100,000 Mercedes-Benz and Hummers. What are the parents thinking? What do these High School students want when they get older in life - their own country? Greed will destroy these people, they think that the person who has nothing is suffering but alas it is the person who has everything is the one who is suffering!

The world is empty, I feel nothing.

Even for someone who wants and has nothing I need to experience life. The madness known as Christmas shopping has arrived. What really happened to the original spirit of giving joy to someone's life? There are hordes of people who are fighting each other for parking, standing in line for hours for a $600.00 video games (or paying even more on ebay) Sony must be having the time of their lives. Who would have thought that people would be fighting each over a piece of plastic. Let's not forget Tickle me Elmo, there was a report of a young man who was threatened with a gun (reports differ if he had a gun) outside a Target store. What is the world coming to?

I am so grateful that I long for nothing. I have a roof over my head. My bed is clean and my room is warm.

Ten years ago who would have known that I would be happy with nothing?