F.A.A. vs 2020 - We Made It!

 (A Year-End Reflection)

       

         I still do not know what Y2021 would bring.  If there is anything I learned the hardest in Y2020, that is, no matter how much you plan ahead, there is still 80% of this so-called LIFE that is beyond anyone’s strategic plan & control.  A huge part of it brings real “SURPRISES”, both good and bad.  And it takes  “F.A.A.” to survive it through --- FAITH, AGILITY, ADAPTABILITY.  A lesson I RE-LEARNED in 2020!

        “Indeed, there is really no comfort zone to keep; or permanent ideals to lean on at all.  In a minute, all these can change…”

        Oh YES!!! Y2020 was a tough, onerous year! There had been rugged years before but NOTHING like this yet.  Why? Is it because of the calamities that came one after the other, aha! Or the pandemic which scared the nerve out of us, very true! But, I think, most of all, it is about how the whole world stopped for a moment; knocking down its traditional beliefs and ways which served as our compass for so long; throwing us towards new rules, new ways, new behavior; forcing us to let go of all we built painstakingly in the past; only to start our way of LIFE all over again … on a clean slate!  Then, again, surviving with the “unknown” one day at a time … is the hardest…

        Nonetheless, all these “new searches” unexpectedly led to some blessings, too, such as:

• ·       More meaningful work
• ·       New passion and sources of livelihood
• ·    Simpler but more peaceful life-pace that enhanced most precious “relationships” --- to God & family 

        Thus, as I shifted my thoughts & feelings away from my old “wirings”, then, only then! I started comprehending the relevance of Y2020 to our history.  It is hard, indeed, but probably, I realize, it is a phase we all need to go through.  Probably, there had been “signs” leading to human atrophy that we have been missing for so long; we just didn’t know them.  And like many stories in the Bible, we needed God to step in.  And, certainly, HIS divine intervention was felt in our lives through many and thousand forms!

        This time, hopefully, we LEARN & NOT FORGET anymore.

        So, what’s now? 

        I still don’t know.  As a friend shared, none of today’s challenges will magically go away as Y2020 ends.  All the so-called “unpredictability” and “struggles” may stay.  Thus, we should remain steadfast with our F.A.A.

        But, as a personal resolute, I just want to open myself to understanding God’s plan more and the role I must play in his grand Holy Will.  I want to be more attentive, intuitive … discerning of HIS will.

        As a child of God, I continuously beg for his mercy and thank him for his unfaltering faithfulness to my well-being; and that of my family, too.  I pray that he continuously showers us with healthy mind & body; blesses & secures our jobs; and, most of all, keeps us connected all the time, physically or virtually.

        As a believer, I pray for an EASY, PEACEFULL, PROSPEROUS Y2021 … Dream on, as they would say; but, I know, “what I BELIEVE IN & BUILD in my mind will SHAPE the things to come”.  My FAITH, positive & strong, will fulfill the HOPES & DREAMS for this new year!  

        So, Welcome Y2021 … here’s to another beginning!!!

Roxanne 2021