It Is Now the Wee Hours of Christmas Morning...

and I am pondering one of my favorite passages from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. It was this same time of night when Scrooge was approached by the ghost of his partner Jacob Marley: “’But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,’ faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. “Business!” cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. “Mankind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!” May we all, like Scrooge, learn to live in the present to make a better future for everyone with whom we associate. May a positive spirit of change and improvement bless your life this day and every day during the coming New Year! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!