in this specific year, for where you are at this present moment in your life, for example, you forsake an opportunity for your gathering to be a source of growth, support, guidance, and inspiration tailored to the time in which you and others find yourselves. You squander a chance for your gathering to help, and not just amuse, you and others.

out to the community for solutions to the nation’s problems—ended up being a staid, top-down ceremony.

if you’re going to compel people to gather in a particular way, enforce it and rescue your guests if it fails.