It is funny how small and unimportant our socio-political differences seem at this time of year. It matters little whether one is a believer in Jesus Christ's divine existence or not. As a philosopher, his message of brotherly love and selflessness serves all of mankind. For myself, being a Christian, the celebration of his birth rejuvenates my optimism that when it is all said and done, humanity will do the right thing. So, now is the time for us take a look at our surroundings and reanalyze our realities. Family and friends are the foundation upon which your personal reality is built. We all need to stop taking ourselves so seriously and expend a little more effort in deepening our relationships with them. Is this often difficult? Of course it is, particularly amongst family members but; this is the very reason why we all need to try harder. There will be plenty of time in the ensuing months to argue in support of or against our socio-political differences.
The severe winter weather pounding the United States has effected almost all of us. I am buried in Bend, Oregon under a foot of snow with more snow coming in off of the Pacific. I've had to chain up my semi eight times in the past two weeks. Yesterday I was driving across the Butte Valley in northern California through heavy snow, when all of a sudden I saw an interesting object in a pasture on the west side of US 97. No, it wasn't Santa Claus or his eight tiny reindeer. It was poor ol' Al Gore, stripped naked, shivering and holding up a large sign which read, "Ok, so I've exaggerated a bit, and the science surrounding global warming is just theory, not fact. Can I please have my clothes back now?" As you can see, for the moment I've stopped taking my socio-political views too seriously. Merry Christmas to one and all!
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Oh, what a non-singlemidedness! I'm so happy to encounter such approach! this so humanistically!))
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