Wednesday, March 31, 2021

A Year Later

 A Year Later



It has been a year since the world went into pandemic lockdowns, masks, washing your hands over and over, and social distancing. Some years pass fast, and others drag on. A few seem to drag on and pass by fast at the same time. Last year, it dragged and went by fast. It is hard for us to think about the world not wearing masks.  

New words, such as social distancing, came into our vocabulary reluctantly. Everyone became experts on viruses and what is the best method of not getting ill. And meetings, school, and work could all be done online. 

Thinking about how last year's events went by, it was like we were watching a film. It seemed unimaginable. If this were a movie, it would seem impossible. We would walk out of the theater thinking that this film could never happen.
 
Well, it did. Sadly many jobs are gone. Many relationships ended. Other relationships became stronger with these trying events. Many learned new skills. Others binge-watch everything online over and over. Others got into their routine and repeated it over and over until it became rote. 

We all learned a lot about ourselves, others, and the world. May the future be bright soon. Hopefully, in a few years, we all will think back to this time period and share stories. One day, you will tell stories about last year to someone that was not born yet. The story will seem like a fantasy. To the storyteller, it will seem like those events never happened. Time can heal us.

Here is to the future. Normal will return, studying history, it always does. Humanity has always had the ability to adapt to anything. Life will return to the world and go to the stars.

Computed.





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