Commentary

Every year I use the holidays to express some sentiment about enjoying family, friends and taking a break from the often-hectic and harrying pace of our lives, and I mean those sentiments very sincerely.  While we may not like to think about it, we each have only a limited time in our lives.  That should impel a certain seriousness in understanding what makes a real difference in our happiness and satisfaction.  The comfort of meaningful relationships with others should be at the top of that list.  So I hope all of you find dedicated and ample time for those relationships.  And enjoy the relative economic security and abundance we enjoy in this country; it doesn’t happen by accident and it isn’t present everywhere around the world.