A CHRISTMAS CAROL by CHARLES DICKENS

 

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

by

CHARLES DICKENS

A CHRISTMAS CAROL -

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THE TRAUMAS OF EBENEZER SCROOGE

 A CHRISTMAS CAROL

‘’The TRAUMAS of EBENEZER SCROOGE’’

—SCROOGE is shown traumatic events in his life that succeeded in wearing him down to be as miserly as he has come to be. His former partner, Jacob Marley - now deceased, comes back to tell Scrooge to change his ways before it is too late. The chains that Marley wears in death were woven by Marley, himself, when he treated people as he did during his life. The lessons he learned in life were more about succeeding monetarily at the expense of his fellow man. He never learned that his real business was Mankind, itself. Their common welfare should have been his primary concern. Instead he chose to treat people poorly and make as much money as possible off of those in need. Much the same fate awaits EBENEZER SCROOGE if he doesn’t change.

—Spirit of CHRISTMAS PAST. Not long past, but Scrooge’s past. SCROOGE is brought back to his school days where we learn that Scrooge’s sister Fan died giving life to his nephew. Scrooge’s mother, also, died giving him, SCROOGE, life. His father never forgave him for that.

—He is next brought to a Christmas Party in the early days of the place he works thrown by former employer Mr. Fezzywig, Scrooge hears himself say, ‘’Not a kinder man than he was there any. He brought much happiness to many people.’’

—He next sees himself with the girl he loves and hence marries. He finds he is divorced by his wife after a time when he is told he has become much colder and crueler over the years. She notes how he has changed in the way he treats people through his scorn for the poor and needy. She relates to them having been one herself much of her life. Love has gone from his heart. He once said he loved his wife because she was poor, but grows less loving to the poor. His business grows as the poor get poorer. He thinks debtors prison is where people belong who borrow beyond their ability to payback.

—He is brought back to the death of his sister Fan, where she asks as her dying wish, for Scrooge to care for her son. He doesn’t support his nephew choosing to marry out of love and NOT money. He basically disowned the boy when he showed no concern for the lack of money she had. In his world, money is everything AND love is just a bah humbug! 

—SCROOGE is successful and grows richer in his business, but has become more disrespectful and contemptible as a human being. He is shown this theme time and again by the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future. He continues to grow more isolated and colder as the years go forward.

—He can NO LONGER excuse NOR even live with the knowledge of how disdainful he has become. His impassioned journey through time has shown him how uncaring his path has been…and, hence, the error of his ways. He learns that to grow more and more heartless and selfish just doesn’t work and never will. To get back to the land of the living will require him to once again treat people better and to open up the part of him that became closed over the years.

—We realize that we ALL relate to this story in some way or other. It is a story about how helping others far outweighs living a life of gathering riches at the expense of others. We can see that if we all were like EBENEZER SCROOGE before his transformation, it wouldn’t work for too long at all. Having seen the error of his ways AND making the proper changes, rejoining society reshapes his personality to be one of generosity and joy. EBENEZER SCROOGE is now a very happy man.

SCROOGE - CHARLES DICKENS (1951)

ALASTAIR SIM

''A Christmas Carol''

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''CAROL DWECK CREDITs EBENEZER SCROOGE''

---I’m sure that we are all familiar with this story by Charles Dickens. We have the penny pinching Ebenezer Scrooge having very little spirit or love in his heart. He thinks that debtors prison is a good enough place for those who can’t payback loans. He sees death as a way to deal with the surplus population. He is really concerned having less people on the surface (of the Earth) to deal with.

---The night is Christmas Eve. He is visited by the ghost of Jacob Marley, who was once his business partner. Marley warns Scrooge of his miserly ways and how he will regret them in the afterlife. He, also, speaks of three ghosts who will visit Scrooge this night.

---The three ghosts visit named Christmas past, present and future. They take him through periods of his life. It is revealed how Scrooge's miserliness took shape and strengthened overtime. BUT…lo and behold he saw the pain and suffering that he caused over the years, also. This was increasingly painful for him to endure watching.

---He has a change of heart. Scrooge learns a very valuable life-lesson through all this. He asks his nephews wife,''can you forgive a doddering old fool who refused to see?'' He realizes that mending his ways and being more other-oriented Is far more the way to be. He changes from his penny pinching demeanor to loving others and sharing his wealth. He has now opened his heart and you can see the joy and happiness abound. Though this story is quite well known, it is worth another reading or viewing by those so inclined. Be Well.

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL

The THEME

---I’d like to share a theme that I see very often. It is the idea of going from selfish to selfless. I think that you have encountered this many times before…though it may NOT have been recognized.

---The famous book - Silas Marner has it. Old Silas was a miser who’d bury his money until LOVE came into his life in the form of a baby to care for left at his door. A Christmas Carol has the old miser Scrooge penny-pinching his way through life until he sees the error in that lifestyle.

---A baby going through the ‘’terrible two’s’’ encounters much the same. Actually, all rites-of-passage are for this - developing and transitioning into the next phase. If he goes through it properly and develops normally his life will be one of caring and sharing. If NOT a smooth journey than one may get ‘’stuck’’ and find it downright difficult to share. He doesn’t transition from the ‘’me’’ vs. ‘’you’’ to an ‘’us’’ space, easily. He gets stuck in getting his me space satisfied. He is still very self-oriented.

---The downside of this is that he never feels satisfied and never knows when he has had enough. The ‘’ideal’’ would be… ‘’me’’ vs. ‘’you’’ smoothly becoming an ‘’us’’ space. If this doesn’t happen, he is always trying to justify himself as a me. Unfortunately, one is a prime candidate for addiction - trying in vain to fill this emptiness by whatever seems to work. It is usually a ‘’feel good’’ distractor making false promises ’’to fill the void, but never does.’’ Ideally, folks go from me, me, me to us, us, us. When LOVE + KINDNESS of some sort comes into it, the transition occurs. When this doesn’t happen is when we continue the heartaches (the same-old, same-old.) .

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''SCROOGE'' has found his GREATNESS within. If we give up our self centered ways and become selfless, ''putting others first,'' we will find ourselves having an experience of our own greatness. Though this was written by Charles Dickens many years ago, we find the truth stands the test of time. ''FINDING JOE'' (below) plays into this THEME very much. Scrooge has discovered the Golden Buddha within himself (love and generosity.) We ALL have the Golden Buddha within ourselves. Watch the beginning of ''FINDING JOE.'' You should see the similarities that we ALL share within. It doesn't matter who you are or what you have done, it exists inside of us all. The difference is the amount of ''crap'' we have in the way that interferes with our seeing it. If you spend or spent your life helping others, then it shouldn't take long at all. If we have spent our time treating others badly, the time to discover the wonders contained within, The Golden Buddha, will take longer. Be kind to one another, it makes a big difference.

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