Today begins the Holiday Season. It’s time to think of turkey, dressing, and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade—the joy of Christmas.

A time of year that fosters reflection. Where have I been and where am I going. We are renewed daily. Our lives are a series of happenings. They connect with a loose thread. The thread becomes a strong rope as we age. Yet each day is new. Each day is a snapshot of the whole. ‘Hold your friends close and your enemies closer,’ said the Godfather.

The past is good for learning. What did not work before probably will not work again. The Holiday Season is our reset button. If every time we had an evil thought we replaced it with a good thought…how happy we would be.

Halfway through the ‘Ber’ months…how did this happen so quickly? We are ‘Marching To Pretoria’ Neva J often sang as I got ready for school. Indeed we are marching toward our goal. My goal is peace and happiness for all. No more war John Lennon told us in his famous Christmas Carol. We brag on ourselves and pat ourselves on the back for our upward mobility…yet we kill each other and let the children go cold and hungry…

‘So this is Christmas,’ is once again our challenge. No more war hunger or a roof over you’re head. The theme of the Holiday Season is caring for our neighbors wherever they are from…