To the editor: A very powerful factor that I would want for in 2025 is truthfulness. Columnist Anita Chabria expressed that sentiment in her New Yr’s decision, “I usually don’t care about Republican or Democrat, however I do care about writing with compassion and reality.” (“After a bruising election year in America what will 2025 bring?” column, Dec. 29)
I gathered with my aunt and cousins on Christmas Day; we didn’t point out politics as soon as. As an alternative we reveled in our household ties and traditions of fine meals and camaraderie. We weren’t naive concerning the politics that would have divided us, however we put them apart in our caring and respect for one another.
There are going to be many causes for division in our nation within the coming years. And I’m fearful that suppression and alteration of the reality can be our fixed companion. We completely can not compromise with regards to looking for the reality.
If all of us concentrate on that one goal, possibly we will deliver some stability and unity again to our lives.
Lynn Lorenz, Newport Seaside
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To the editor: “Pleased New Yr!” — we hear that again and again when the calendar turns over yearly.
What does it actually imply? I’ve contemplated that. I hear individuals complain that if solely this or that might occur, they might be completely happy. It’s as if some unseen exterior occasion could be liable for them to be completely happy.
Properly, have I received a newsflash: Actual happiness just isn’t some imaginary aim to try for, however is as an alternative a street that one travels.
To place it merely, you and also you alone are liable for your individual happiness. It’s one thing you could resolve, to be completely happy or not. It comes from inside.
It doesn’t matter what staff prevails or who wins or loses an election, you’ll be able to resolve to be completely happy. You possibly can get up every day and say to your self, “I’m completely happy.” The selection is yours.
Pleased New Yr!
Robert G. Brewer, Sherman Oaks
