So another year pants and coughs its way to an end, its ying and its yang leaving us in two minds whether to bid it a fond farewell or a true good riddance!
Maybe a little of both.
Certainly it would be great if the new year could ring in new hopes and raspberry away the negatives of the one gone by: the gratuitous warmongering, the beatification of mean-spiritedness, the normalisation of greed, the neutering of truth and all the other other self-serving nonsense that has more or less defined the last twelve months on this planet.
But it won't.
Nor will the death this year of so many heroes who took a stand against all this bad craziness help things. Instead, their collective loss will only make 2023 a more difficult place for the disenfranchised and the less fortunate on this mortal coil. But to all those heroes, from Terry to Vicki and everyone in between, we thank them for their strength and drive and resistance and love and wish them a heartfelt farewell and safe passage to the new Jerusalem.
The world is weaker for their loss for sure but it's up to all of us now to perpetuate their ideas and continue the fight in their absence even if we are smarting from their passing.
But when one hero departs, there will, in time, come another to take his or her place, bringing with them new ideas and energetic ways of leading the charge. Here's hoping 2023 will be that time.
So, onwards and ever upwards, me hearties and let's raise a glass to high hopes and sweet dreams.
Happy New Year !
More soon ...
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