People talk about getting ready for Christmas. Why not get ready for the month after--known to be the most depressing month of the year? Why not look forward to that time of extra time in bed ... extra negative thoughts ... extra time to think about where your life is going?

It should be no surprise that the leisure centres and exercise classes will all be full for the next couple of weeks as well. There's something to be said for the person who's realises that something is not right with the way he or she has been acting and does something to change that.

As a very young student I enjoying the act of writing any date after December at the top of my paper. From September through December, the end of the school year seemed so far away. January means that February is close, and then comes March ... the end is almost in sight!

I'm assuming of course that today's Lutheran university students have a much better perspective than all of the above. My offer still stands, of course, to help any Lutheran student within the UK to connect them to other Lutheran students--and to a (relatively) nearby Lutheran congregation. Hopefully we can all get through this next month together!

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