“2020 – Lessons”
I am pissed. First of all, I don’t care about your political or religious beliefs. I don’t care about your gender, skin color, or sexual orientation. I don’t care if you believe we should wear a mask or don’t wear one. What I do care about is that through all this mess we still believe in ourselves and continue to move forward in this fucked up, crazy world. We can’t let this beat us!
Admit it, 2020 has been the ultimate shitshow. Oh, I know it wasn’t ALL bad. Babies were born, couples were married (I struggled with putting this in the positive list but that is just me), lasting friendships were made and uhmmmm……I’m sure there were others but none come to mind at the moment. Let me think……………nope, still nothing.
This has been the year that depression seems to have been magnified, families have lost small businesses and homes, many have lost loved ones, and overwhelming uncertainty is what has been keeping us up at night.
Many are encouraging unity, love, peace, pink ponies and glitter unicorns. Blah, blah, blah. Come on people get a fucking grip, we haven’t been “united” in the past two millennia. Why in the hell would you think we would (or could) unite now? Let that crap go and let’s get back to living!
So what has the year 2020 taught me?
- I learned that FEAR is crippling to people and society.
- I learned that self-righteous JUDGEMENT and HATE is now spewed forth readily with no thought or care for the consequences.
- I learned that IGNORANCE runs rampant but that doesn’t stop people from showing theirs on a regular basis!
- I learned that people have LOST THEIR BACKBONE! I grew up on a farm and my dad worked hard to make a good living to provide for his family. We all worked. Now no one thinks they should have to work OR they have figured out how to make a “good living” working the system. Where the hell did work ethic, ambition, and pride go?
- I learned that I am still STRONG and stubborn (to a fault) and can still overcome obstacles even though as I age it gets a little harder every year. I almost lost it, really lost it, but with the love and support of family and friends I made it through. PRAYER still works people!
- I learned that self-isolation suits me pretty well. I am actually an introvert even though I come across as a “social butterfly”. It has made me take stock and realize that I had lost myself, again, and needed to find a new direction. I am writing again and finding a little more PEACE every day.
- I learned that when things are really good, we tend to make really bad CHOICES. Why is that?!? But it is also our choice to change the direction of the outcome for our lives and move toward a better future.
- I learned that something we deem small and unimportant could be someone’s everything. RESPECT people and never underestimate their feelings and emotions.
- But most of all, I learned that I will be damn glad when this year is over!
STAY STRONG my friends!