Bring it on!

 

Each year without fail, a lot of us go and look at psychic predictions, numerology forecasts, and astrological readings for the year ahead. We have an interest in knowing what’s coming in the hope of two things, i.e. it’ll be a good one, and to prepare for whatever’s coming.  

2019 was not the easiest year, we looked for respite and got hit with 2020 (which started off fairly well in my opinion), and then through to 2021 at which stage we were all praying for deliverance. In many cases, predictions were all about change, disaster and upheaval, and we’ve all had front seats to attest to this. In fact, science fiction became reality.

The disaster that was COVID19 in 2020 saw millions of people out of work, economies taking strain, people living in fear, and paranoia setting in.  Many of us lost loved ones to COVID19 and some of you, like me, got seriously ill and/or lost your income.

By 2021, we were fed up with restrictions and challenging authority, sometimes openly flaunting the law. Along with social distancing has come awkwardness, the discomfort of being around others, a lack of closeness we didn’t even realise. Man is a social creature and the very foundations of community were rocked. The mental and emotional repercussions are yet to be discovered.

Looking back, the pandemic hasn’t all been bad. We’ve had time to reconnect with our families whether in person or virtually. Things we’ve always put off we’ve finally got to (mostly), and we’ve been able to tap into our creativity or maybe just get some much-needed rest. I believe in many cases we’ve gotten in touch with our spirituality once again. We’ve begun to notice the greatness around us and be thankful for all we have. We were forcibly stopped from being hamsters on a wheel and chasing money took a back seat. These are good things.

However, we’re tired of having to live with this pandemic, the freedoms we’ve had to sacrifice, and the losses in whatever form they’ve taken. Whether you believe it’s a conspiracy, an alien invasion, Mother Earth delivering her centennial plague, or God bringing us back to mindfulness, every single human being worldwide has been affected in some way. We’re simply sick of the subject and ready to put it behind us.

 The hardships we’ve endured and the lessons learned are all in preparation for what lies ahead in 2022. In the past few years, humanity has been part of strange times and watched history unfold. Great historical change never comes easy and I am grateful to bear witness. There is a shift coming, when or what, we do not yet know but can only hope it is to our benefit.

We can look ahead to 2022 expecting more of the same and shrugging our shoulders with resignation. We can claim to know it all, and face others with arrogance and anger, or, we can forge ahead as a collective, standing up for what we believe in and striving to make the world a better place, standing tall and proud in who we are.

I have not yet looked at predictions for the year ahead and I’ll embrace whatever it holds.

Bring it on 2022!

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