2020 will go down as the year of the pandemic. Before it is over, many, if not most of us will likely experience the pain of losing someone we knew and cared about to this virus.  At the same time, many have experienced economic pain and even devastation brought on by the business shutdowns that followed.  We’ve lost our freedom to work, socialize, and experience friends and family in the usual and customary manner.  And while this brought great debate and strife across our country, maybe some lessons could be learned. 

Bring on 2021! 

For us, it always helps to remember that we are part of a greater whole.  That as soon as we separate ourselves from others, we become apathetic to their struggles.  We tend to forget that in any societal, religious, or political culture, or any business playbook is the fundamental idea that we are at our best when we know we are all in this together.   

Bring on 2021!

Every year around this time, Rebecca starts in on me about New Year’s resolutions.  I always resist initially, and I guess because resolutions seem more like platitudes than commitments.  Yes, I will be nicer.  Yes, I will take off that 10 pounds.  Yes, I will call the kids more often, and so on.  I mean, seriously, do I really need to make a resolution to do something that I ought to be doing anyway? 

But I do get it-sort of. 

I think her point is always that it is a time to take a little bit of personal inventory.  A time to make sure that if our goal is to be the best versions of ourselves that we can be, then we need to be aware of any needed course corrections. 

I can’t speak for Rebecca-well yes, I can actually, because we talk about this stuff all the time.  We know that we are better when we keep these things in the forefront of our consciousness. 

Bring on 2021!

2020 kind of sucked.  In many ways, it sucked a lot.  For all the adjustments we’ve made as we find our way through this pandemic, one of our greatest desires is not to have to treat family, friends, clients, or even strangers like pariahs when we see them.  But until we can do otherwise, we’ll put on our masks, wash our hands, keep our distance, and hope that we will soon find our way to whatever the new-normal is when we get there. 

In the meantime, it’s a New Year, and that means a new beginning.  Working with what we got today to ensure a better tomorrow.  We hope that everyone we encounter, and those we do not, have the best that 2021 has to offer. And to always remember that how we treat each other is how we make it the best it can be.  Take care, be safe, let others see the smiles in our eyes until they can see it on our faces, and BRING ON 2021!