“Back and Forward”
By Jim Culp
December 20, 2022
I don’t celebrate Christmas, and I haven’t since 2004 when
I converted to Modern Paganism. We pagans celebrate the Season of Yule this
time of year. Yule is the symbolic “death” of the year…the trees have lost
their leaves, the air is cold, and most humans are less active at this time.
The New Year is right around the corner, and we’ll go from there. Many people
here in the Mid-West are Christians (at least thirty versions of such) and
attend various rituals and things that pertain to the life and death of a
Savior, one that would bring them peace and prosperity. I do not care what a
person believes, so long as he/she doesn’t want to cram it down my air tube.
Every man and woman on this planet have some say on his/her fate, and every one
of us dances to either their own tune, or to someone else’s. I say, “you do
you,” and “I’ll do me.”
I live in western
Missouri, and we are about to have a bout of weather that we haven’t seen in years
of later. The West is already experiencing heavy snows and deadly cold temperatures
as a write this. My brothers in Idaho are better weathermen than the ones on TV,
so if I really want to know something, I give them a call.
This year is winding down to a close soon; and we’ll head into
a new year with plenty of doubt and fear. The Earth is one the verge of World
War III, and we will see what happens the next 2-3 days.
Whatever decisions are made, they had better not be taken
lightly. I wish you all a merry holiday season, and may we all have peace in
our hearts, and joy with what we have.
As for the aforementioned… I say this. Love with all your heart…be
kind to one another and appreciate your blessings that you are alive and well.
This may well be the last Holiday Season that we experience in peacetime.
-JimC
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