Then we fell upon the inevitable subject of what we will be doing on the millennial eve.
Cultures use many different calendars.
While Jews are marking the year 5760, for my Tibetan friends, it is the Earth Rabbit Year, the 2126th year of their reckoning. Therefore, I doubt that everything in our world will change overnight as the apocalypticists predict, unless, of course, we can transform ourselves, which would then affect everything else. Thus, the cusp of the new millennium is an extremely propitious moment for prayers and spiritual practice. I'm trying to reprioritize my needs, desires, and intentions in the light of the fact that I will not be here to witness the next millennium, or even the next century. Joseph's and my new millennium celebrations and our resolutions reinforce this altruistic intention to become enlightened.