How did we survive the year 2020? Are we ready to face 2021? A reflection on the pandemic year, and how we have overcome it.
The Year 2020 has been challenging as we all know, but here we are in 2021! Happy New Year Every one. The year started well, resolutions were made, plans put into motion, but Covid19 hit and everything crumbled. Weddings got cancelled, travel plans and physical meetings were cancelled, school and places of worship closed, we were moving into the unknown. R eminds me of Mexican saying I heard from a friend, that if you want to make God laugh at you, tell him your plans. The different faces of the pandemic The pandemic was not just a health issue, it had social, economic challenges that have been un precedented. It exposed inequalities, the flawed humanity where husbands and wives could not live together for long hours due to lock down and resorted to violence (wonder why we stay together in the first place if we cant tolerate each other). People with low incomes, living hand to mouth suffered hunger and psychological trauma. I read about a man who set himself on fire because he could