Against the expectations of a fair number of Apocalypticals we seem to have made it.
The World-As-We-Know-It didn't end, but 2012 soon will.
Many good people will have gone with it. The World has shed some famous souls this year past, and their passing will be sorely felt, as will the more private gaps left by their fellow-travelers into the mists - those who were known only to their friends and family, or who gained a brief notoriety from the circumstances of their deaths.
Many are gone, but the World goes on. And we should hope for a better year in 2013.
Not that 2012 was a complete disaster. We didn't have another super-tsunami, and the US re-election of Barack Obama seemed to buoy the spirits of many.
But 2012 won't be missed. 'Superstorm' Sandy reminded us of our fragility. Conflicts continued in Afghanistan and Syria; Congressional deadlock and the 'fiscal cliff' left US leaders with the well-earned contempt of the general public; and Hollywood continued to release '3D' movies.
Of course, we don't yet know what 2013 will bring us. It's been a hundred years since we last lived a year with '13' in it's name, and 1913 was a mixed bag (1913 events). It's amazing how true it is that the more things change, the more they remain the same, but I sure hope 2013 doesn't sow the seeds of global war as 1913 did. Or should I say, I hope those of us living in 2013 are better at avoiding the pitfalls of arrogance and blind self-interest than those of 1913 were. (Well, OK, it's a long-shot.)
No matter what comes next, it's safe to say that we have once again persevered another transit about the Sun. What the next roundtrip will bring shouldn't worry us too much as we celebrate on December 31, 2012.
Happy New Year
The World-As-We-Know-It didn't end, but 2012 soon will.
Many good people will have gone with it. The World has shed some famous souls this year past, and their passing will be sorely felt, as will the more private gaps left by their fellow-travelers into the mists - those who were known only to their friends and family, or who gained a brief notoriety from the circumstances of their deaths.
Many are gone, but the World goes on. And we should hope for a better year in 2013.
Not that 2012 was a complete disaster. We didn't have another super-tsunami, and the US re-election of Barack Obama seemed to buoy the spirits of many.
But 2012 won't be missed. 'Superstorm' Sandy reminded us of our fragility. Conflicts continued in Afghanistan and Syria; Congressional deadlock and the 'fiscal cliff' left US leaders with the well-earned contempt of the general public; and Hollywood continued to release '3D' movies.
Of course, we don't yet know what 2013 will bring us. It's been a hundred years since we last lived a year with '13' in it's name, and 1913 was a mixed bag (1913 events). It's amazing how true it is that the more things change, the more they remain the same, but I sure hope 2013 doesn't sow the seeds of global war as 1913 did. Or should I say, I hope those of us living in 2013 are better at avoiding the pitfalls of arrogance and blind self-interest than those of 1913 were. (Well, OK, it's a long-shot.)
No matter what comes next, it's safe to say that we have once again persevered another transit about the Sun. What the next roundtrip will bring shouldn't worry us too much as we celebrate on December 31, 2012.
Happy New Year
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