Trying to realise our ambitions, even if we don?t always meet them, is preferable to not having the courage or motivation to take the risk. So not making any resolutions because we fear that we?ll break them is having a defeatist attitude, as we allow procras...

Take the star, for instance, one of the basic shapes associated with Christmas. When we place it atop our evergreen trees, we bring into our home a reminder that heavenly signs of prophecy were fulfilled long, long ago when a new star appeared in the heavens over the manger where the newborn Christ-child lay. The star is the shining hope of mankind. Like the star, candles symbolize Christ, who is the light of the world. They mirror starlight, just as we reflect our thanks for the Star of Bethlehem.