Will it be 2020 too?

Will we be welcoming a new year of 2022 or just another 2020 too?

We began the year with the pandemic still going on. We went through with our lives even when the pandemic made this year so hard. It filed this year with struggles and challenges. But we’re here, starting a new year again.

Time flies so fast. It still feels like yesterday that we have started this year and now we’re starting a new year again.

After knowing about a new variant of the virus spreading all throughout the world, we can’t help but feel afraid. We seem to begin it again the same way – with the pandemic on our backs.

It is worrying that this pandemic does not seem to end. We had hope of a better near future because of the vaccines but the virus keeps getting better too.

We can’t help but feel anxious of the new year coming. It feels like we will go back to 2020 when the pandemic shook our lives.

Time flew so fast but nothing ever changed. We’re still struggling. It feels so hopeless and we feel helpless. It is hard to start the year with a positive outlook. How can we even be optimistic when nothing gets better? What is there to look forward when we’re stuck in a cycle of challenges.

We lost time, memories, friends, family and jobs the past years. We want this nee year to be a year where we could bounce back. But, the situation does not get better.

It is really hard to be optimistic.

But, that does not mean we shouldn’t be.

When everything seems so dark, we should be our own light in our lives.

Let us not be hesitant to start the year with hope and expectations of a better future.

Let us not stop dreaming and anticipating of a time where we could enjoy our lives without worrying of the virus.

We have been let down so many times. But, that is the more reason to get back up stronger. We have lost hope. We’re scared and afraid but we should be brave in starting this year. It sounds contradicting but if we think about it the only time we be brave is when we’re afraid.

That is why, we should begin the year with a courageous heart and dreaming eyes. If we think that we can do it no matter how hard things will be, then we can go through everything life throws us.

Will it be another 2020 too? No, it won’t. We will begin a new year of 2022 and not just a repetition of 2020.

We will bring the new lessons we learned. We have grown into a better person from all those struggles we have survived. That is why we should not be scared of opening a new chapter in our lives.

Let us give this year a chance. Let us give ourselves a chance to get back up again. We are now stronger and smarter. We could face any challenges and hardships ahead. We can make it through every problems because we have learned so much.

More importantly, we can better take care of ourselves. We have started to learn to make ourselves our priority. We would not want ourselves to be in danger. We love ourselves that we will not take any chance of worsening this pandemic.

We need to cherish the time we have in this world. We should not waste our time being hopeless and helpless.

Let the new year start with a smile in our faces. Happy year ahead!