When we are born life is simple.
Beginnings are always simple.
It doesn't take long though, before our journey through life accumulates baggage. We are no longer just ourselves but constructs of our environments - shaped by events, attitudes and responsibilities into standardized carriers of social humanity. Before most of us reach our 'teens the identity of our beginnings is hidden deep under that baggage, and much of the angst of modern life boils down to the search to recover it. Perhaps this is one reason why Christmas is such an important time. It represents a beginning.