2020 in a NutShell

2020 has been a crazy year for most of us if not all of us. It began with new year's resolutions and hopes. Then, the pandemic struck. But it has been an amazing year for some. 

Businesses blossomed and profits accelerated. 

Some couples rekindled their love and got to know each other afresh. Others got married. The pandemic could not stop them. It wasn't the usual ululations from the villagers and strangers but love still won.

It was a time for self-reflection.

The coiling back to the house gave time off the busy world to think through things, to get in touch with self and our surroundings.

To others, life stopped. Jobs and businesses crumbled. Some went through grief and loss. Loss of jobs loved ones, relationships, identity. The stigma related to the pandemic was real. The effects so heavy, it will take time to adjust to them.

2020 is coming to an end and while we have been thrown off balance, the world is shaken will we lament and complain or will we pick lessons to learn from? I choose the latter.

I hope you have learned to value the present. I hope you have learned to enjoy life as it is. There is no perfect time. It just needs you.

I hope you learned the value of silence and self-time. While it is good to give your all, it is important to be in your own space to listen to yourself, rest and connect with yourself.

Family and true friends are for keeps. I wish you let go of your egoistic nature and pride and decided to value the MIP, Most Important Persons. 

There will never be a perfect time to start pursuing your dreams, plans. The best time is now.

While at it, I hope you learned nothing is cast on stone. You can still maintain your goals and use different strategies to approach them and you can also change your goal and not get criminalized for it.

I surely hope that you learned, life is too short to hold on to bitterness, grudges, and anger. Oh, I know they hurt you, but it is too much baggage. Let it go. And, while letting it go, I hope you learned to be selfish with yourself in a good way, to have boundaries but most importantly to love you and be your cheerleader. 

I hope you also learned that life is beautiful, sometimes it is important to slow down and pause, enjoy the wind, the sunrise, and the sunset. You do not have to be on the move every time. 

In a nutshell, I hope you learned life may not always be good but has good lessons to learn from. I hope you know it is a bad moment, not a bad life.

I believe you had a paradigm shift to understand we all have our lanes, some will thrive in the darkest night others will thrive in broad light. Don't compare. You are unique.

2020 has been a good year because we survived and we will live to tell our stories.