In the general world today is Christmas. People are running around with smiles on their faces and when I go to work I will be faced with cheapskates who will leave me a bunch of pamphlets about Jesus instead of a tip.

So my resolution for the day is to smile and try to come up with a really nice way of saying, "What, didn't Jesus teach generosity?"

But this morning I woke to a feeling of, well, nothingness. I felt neither good nor bad, neither here nor there. And so when I lit the altar candles and made my morning offerings to the Gods and, in honor of Heliogenna, lit three pieces of floral incense for Helios in my East window to bring in the sunrise, I asked for his guidance, his light, and his warmth.

My theme for this penultimate day of Heliogenna will have to be gratitude, and hope that Helios guides me well and that I am able to hear his guidance.