Could We Start Again, Please?

At times, we all would like a do-over, a reset, a second chance. An opportunity to start again. And this year, which has at times seemed like we're on a perpetual loop of uncertainty and despair, the idea of starting new and fresh is at times unsettling and appealing. But I'm thinking about that fresh start, re-birth, that do-over, that reset on December 25, 2020, on Christmas. 

Christmas is a time to celebrate new life, a new life which came to us with news of light in darkness, of warmth in the cold, of truth in a time of despair. While we know that Easter and the spring equinox are the holidays and times associated with re-birth and the earth awakening from slumber, it's also worth thinking about the message of Christmas and the winter solstice as a celebration of life. The birth of Christ remembered during winter is a reminder that in the dark days of winter, or in the dark days of a pandemic, or in the darkness of a divided nation and society, or in the darkness of violence and uncertainty, that we always have the chance to start again. 

In the troubled times we've been facing, I have tried to be hopeful. Perhaps it's the sappy romantic in me, but I believe in the pursuit of the ideal. And I have faith, just like light in the darkness and warmth in the cold and a birth in the middle of winter, that we can always start again. With our friends, with our community, with our politics and our economics and our struggles for truth and understanding, we can start again.

 I've been living to see you

Dying to see you, but it shouldn't be like this
This was unexpected, what do I do now?
Could we start again please?

I've been very hopeful, so far
Now for the first time I think we're going wrong
Hurry up and tell me this is just a dream
Oh could we start again please?

I think you've made your point now
You've even gone a bit too far to get the message home
Before it gets too frightening, we ought to call a halt
So could we start again please?

I've been living to see you
Dying to see you, but it shouldn't be like this
This was unexpected, what do I do now?
Could we start again please?

I think you've made your point now
You've even gone a bit too far to get the message home
Before it gets too frightening, we ought to call a halt
So could we start again please?
So could we start again please?

So could we start again?