What have you
So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Maybe John wasn’t your favourite Beatle, that’s okay. Maybe you even dislike the phrase “Happy Christmas.” (Why the monopoly on Merry?) Now, with the scents of pine and turkey fading softly, with the anticipation of tolling New Year’s bells, now are the few precious days to take stock.
What have you done? Loved your family? Taken care of friends? Listened to your elders? Wondered with a child? Gazed at the heavens? Marvelled at a seed?
What have you done? Harboured resentment? Spoken ill of a colleague? Not let that vehicle merge? Ignored poverty, violence and hunger? Become more self-absorbed? Not returned a library book?
Another year over
And a new one just begun
What will you do?
