Merry Christmas!!!

On this blessed morn, it is good to remember that our hope is found,
not in the decisions of our national leaders.
Although they can help make things better (or much worse) for a while, they can not make a lasting difference in our lives.

Nor is it found in our entertainment.
Our games and distractions can make us feel better for a time or take us to a better place, but they can not make a lasting difference in our lives.

Neither is our hope to be found in what we can do for ourselves.
We can pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and make our lives more comfortable and enjoyable, for a time, but all the things we do can not make a lasting difference in our lives.

In a feeding trough in a small stable in an overcrowded town in a has been country that doesn't even have it's own government, is lacking so many of the things we would call fun and has few opportunities for even fewer of the amenities we now work so hard for is where the hope of humanity is found.