from the mind of critic-12/13/17

From the mind of critic: “If there are many different holidays this time of year, is the reason we celebrate the same? Do we light candles, say prayers, sing songs and make great food for the same reason? Do we gather friends and family to share light for the same reason? Have we convinced ourselves that we celebrate for different reasons, because we don’t comprehend why we ourselves celebrate? If no one person is better than another, than niether is one holiday better than another. I may be inundated with christmas stuff during december, but it’s not gonna take away the specialness I have for hanukkah. Just like somebody celebrating hanukkah, isn’t gonna take away from the specialness of christmas for somebody else. We might have different holidays, recognizing different historical events or telling different stories, but we celebrate for the same reason, because all our relgions and belief and non-belief structures are the same at their roots. Treating others like we’d like to be teated, remembering to share and loving our fellow human being because we’re journeying with them not because we’re above them, is what we strive for in our personal lives, as well as our religious or non-religous lives. The sooner we realize that, the sooner we can celebrate together. Isn’t strong and sustainable unity what we all strive for? We can love each other, when we beging loving ourselves.”