We are fast getting into what is called a festive season. For some reason we as humans will start doing things differently than we have been doing them all year long. In some instances we even do things we never do. Somebody who has been driving safely on the roads suddenly change their driving behaviour to suit the season. Somebody who does not drink alcohol suddenly starts drinking. Church attendance drops drastically. Is this a classic case of human nature? What if we chose to go by Romans 12: 2? “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind...” Could we not to some extent drop down the number of casualties on the roads and elsewhere? Just a food for thought. Is human nature not making some to start every new year from the basement and working their way all over again to arrive where they where, rather than start where they have come up to, and step up?