What can December be?

Thereafter, one may then be inclined to look around from their vaunted point or special perch, while gazing at everybody else who may have their heads looking up to the sky wondering if they too could be as lucky as that one. Because gratitude seems to be an appropriate response in these circumstances, quietly and without even their lips moving, one is likely to thank somebody (God, their family, their supporters, etc) or something (the universe, nature, fortitude, preparation, etc) because one is genuinely grateful. This show or expression of gratitude serves as a moral safeguard against the reprehensible offense of ingratitude. One may also show or express gratitude because doing so is a guarantee for another fortune hopefully in the new year that is about to begin.

It was my birthday in June. As usual, a long term friend called me from overseas to wish me well and to remind me to keep my bargain with him that I will continue to do that which I love - reading and writing - even as I inched toward old age on each of my birthdays.