25-30 years ago at this very time of night, I would be seated in church, holding a candle in the dark amongst hundreds of others singing hymns to bring in Christmas. Most of the time I had performed as part of a choir, a bell choir or even a soloist. It was a beautiful ceremony and I loved it.
The fact that the ceremony was based entirely on myth doesn't take away the power of the memory. I'm glad I was able to experience that feeling.
That said, I would rather feel the constant sense of enlightenment I've felt since I gave up belief in superstitions. The truth does indeed set you free to view the world as it is, which is a sobering, but very good thing.
There are many wonderful things in this place and the job of those of us who live in comfort and safety should be to empower as many other humans as possible to experience those wonders during their short time in existence. Whenever one of us dies in poverty, hunger, sickness or horror, it's a tragedy. Today, we have the power to feed, clothe, heal and keep safe almost everyone on this planet if we would just use our resources wisely. Over the chaos of the past few years, it's been hard to believe that.
Hopefully, we can turn things around and all become a source of good for the good of all humanity.
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