Good stuff as usual, class. People so rarely stop to think about what it all means. Its not about the gifts, or the symbols, its about family.
There's nothing like family to depress the hell out of you. And then again, not having a family is equally depressing at this time of year.
I'm against being depressed, and with so much pain in the world, this time of year makes me think of what we could be, if we only excercised a little grace in our lives, starting with our families.
Humanity can be so noble, when it chooses. Why only one day a year?
Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men should be 365. Are we truly that selfish? Have we learned nothing in the last 2000 years?
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a foggy morning
driving on through.
the road stretching out
into the misty horizons
of unseen possibilities.
on either side
life hovers into view.
distorted, twisted shapes
morphing into our senses
snapping at 1/1000 second.
and then we arrive
dispersing tendrils of miasma.
shafts of humanity breaking through.
hands of friendship
materialise from their manger.
we hazard at the source
with our beliefs pinned down
justified with tradition and common sense.
and we realise, this is how
it should be
it could be
it’s hard to hate when you,
stop and gaze,
begin to see,
each is a little,
like you and me.