Today is what is commonly known as “Black Friday”. It's the day of the year when merchants all over the country supposedly sell enough items to make the bottom line of their accounting books turn from being negative, “in the red”, to positive, “in the black.” Sales have begun; the rush is on, and people everywhere are getting the “Bargains” of the season. Cash registers are overflowing, and workers everywhere are employed, employed, employed. “It's the most wonderful time of the year” as some say and sing, and the hustle and bustle is reminiscent of the exchange in Grand Central Station New York. However, for this writer, this day, this “Black Friday”, reminds him of “Canning.”
“Canning” is a southern term for preserving vegetables or fruit for eating at a later time. Those who enjoy out of season morsels that have been put in “mason jars” know exactly what “canning” is, and the ability to eat food that is out of season is a pallet's delight. The only consideration that must be made is that the canned item does not have the seal broken or expire or else there will be trouble inside.
But how does this relate to “Black Friday”? An old saying goes like this, “Get all you can. Can all you can get, and Sit on the can.” Today is “Get all you can day.” “Hustle, bustle, sale, sale, sale, and can it all away before the other guy gets it. Then, once you get it, put it away. Hide it. Bank it, and love it like crazy before anyone else takes it away” There is only one difficultly with all that “fruit”: the can gets left to someone else.
An old manuscript reminds, “the love of money is the root of all evil.” Notice, it didn't say “money is the root”, but the “love of money” is the root. Like vegetables and fruits being canned, today “money” will be the morsel of choice. Preserve and protect, grab and nab, get and gather, because others are waiting for the ones who do so to break or expire so they may benefit from the canning of money for which they never had a part. Happy shopping everyone.
Until tomorrow...Why Say More?
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