Silent Night-1945-Returning to a time when hope for a better tomorrow wasn't premature.

In reviewing my substack entries from 2022, I note the heavy chords of pessimism in my words to you. I am afraid, it's the era we live in that causes my discord. It's a time when being sceptical about a happy ending is the prudent way to live. Survival in a civilised way is the key to our existence now.

It wasn't always like this. Long ago, people in t…