Writer's Block and Award Shows

So I'm sitting on my recliner watching the People's Choice Awards....or.....well.....as my roommate Paul would tell you, there are some shows that I put up on the tv as background noise more than entertainment.  This show would definitely qualify in that category.  I'm not exactly what has happened to me over the last few years, but my disgust for the excess that is held in such high regard in our country has really elevated.  Here we are, in the midst of a recession, and you can't turn the channel without seeing celebrities being held in such high regard for their possessions.  Shows like Cribs and Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous make me nauseated.  

I live in Nicholasville, KY, and the west side of town is far from "Lifestyles".  Many of the people there are living in poverty level, government assisted housing.  I'm sure they could use some of that money that's being thrown around on yachts and mansions and Bentleys.  The thing that makes it the hardest is seeing all the stars doing charity work for organizations like "one.org" then spending thousands, and sometimes millions, the next weekend in some lush, exotic hotel on an island where only the insanely rich can go.

Houses with 15 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, and 3 kitchens when there are only two in your family doesn't seem to make sense to me.  Owning 10 cars and only driving one doesn't seem to make sense to me.  Owning 20 pairs of the same shoe in different colors in order to make sure you're always matching doesn't seem to make sense to me.  Understand.  I don't have anything against having money.  I struggle with all the excess that I see.

Looking at the screen and seeing the millions of dollars being spent to celebrate the "celebrity" of celebrities seems odd to me.  The needs of the poor are greater than they've ever been, and we're giving out trophies for being famous.  This kind of indulgence is what has brought down so many nations in the past, and I can't see it as an upward swing for ours.

I think I'm rambling now, so I'm gonna end this.  I just want to say one last thing.  How difficult would it be to take some of our time, energy, and money, and donate it to help some that are less fortunate.  It's our calling to help, "the least of these".  I just think we might have forgotten who "they" are.