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The New Year’s Baby each year starts out fresh and new, Always exciting, the life of the party, and never blue. He’s a quite active little Cherub who’s cute and funny, And he’ll be there at the stroke of Midnight to usher in The New Year and to escort Old Man 2014 outside where The unforgiving “Dust Bin of History” awaits his tired old Body and his failed attempts to improve mankind’s lot. The New Year’s Baby will be a busy little fellow indeed! The New Year’s Baby is eager and chompin’ at the bit To get started on January 1st to make his mark in our world During 2015, and brings with him both enthusiasm and hope! The reality for our little Cherub will be much different than He realizes since certain age-old specters still pervade “Home Earth” today: Tyranny, Poverty, Disease, Famine, and War. And we shan’t leave out a couple of new ones at home with Us today too: Global Warming and Worldwide Pollution. With these major problems, throw in Mankind’s “Seven Deadly Sins,” along with murder, rape, guns and nuclear proliferation, And all other types of crime—you’ll see and understand why our Bright, young, and full of hope New Year’s Baby will begin to Age so fast over his allotted 12-month tenure here on Home Earth. Really, all we can do is to wish our Cherub friend our very best and Pledge to work with him, world societies, and world governments To try to make things better on our planet and among our world citizens. The transition from the Old Year to the New Year is no doubt a time For both celebration and reflection—and in spite of the negatives I’ve Listed, not all is so terrible nor lost, as long as our world community Begins to realize that the brightness of the future we hope to have for Generations to come is very much tied to the solutions we contemplate, And the decisions we pursue in attempting to improve our situation. And the big FACTOR “X” in this whole equation, lest we forget, is not To forget to turn to the Almighty Lord God in our maximum hour of need. I’m personally not a zealous religious person, but that does not mean that I don’t believe in the power of divine intervention in the affairs of mankind. The key, I believe, is for everyone on this Earth to include nations and People alike to pull hard and a really commit to make our world a better place. We inherited this world by the beneficence of the Almighty himself with the Hope that Man in the image of His Maker would become his Brother’s Keeper—but time may not be so much on our side, as Mother Nature has Been complaining of late of mankind’s violations of the integrity of this Earth. A little faith and prayer to Our Lord God never really hurts—for the stakes Facing our world for the ultimate survival of Mankind are the real deal. Make no mistake about many of the negative factors I’ve listed—they Are indeed real and won’t be that easy to readily solve as some require The concerted effort of everyone as we march forward with our dreams. We have such tools of wonder in our arsenal of modern technology, Why not use them for the good of mankind and strive to make the job Of our Little Cherub New Year’s Baby a tad bit easier. I rest my case. Happy New Year!! Amen!! Amen!! Amen!! Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved, (December 31, 2014) (Narrative)
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