http://www.kipling.org.uk/poems_copybook.htm

I am not pessimistic, although I can see some obvious problems and difficulties ahead for our nation, and the world, to work through.

But, truly, focusing on politics is a guaranteed way to get indigestion, and I am surrounded by too many good things in my personal and larger family life to allow that to happen.

We have faced worse many times over, problems both internal and external, and one way or another have muddled through. It would be nice if things could be done with less muddling, to be sure, but, unlike many, I have confidence that the innate good sense of the common people will come to the fore.

The desire of the average citizen for the freedoms bequeathed as their common heritage should never be underestimated, and nothing will arouse the people more than continued threats to that freedom.

At any rate, I am looking forward to some fishing trips with my older grandson this new year. The younger boy will only turn one this spring, so he’s a bit too little yet. All the big problems will have to take second place behind the enjoyment I have just contemplating those happy, precious moments.

Best wishes to all.

The term may also imply that the gods of the marketplace are those worshipped by those who must work to make their living, as opposed to those who are rulers or aristocrats…see ancient Greek reference here:

http://www.theoi.com/greek-mythology/olympian-gods.html