Happy New Year...Take II

In 30 days, another year will end. And another year will begin. I'm still digesting the idea that we're no longer in 2020 and that 2022 is at the door. I think it is safe to say that everyone shares the same thoughts and fears of going into a new year with no change in the world.

Tonight, I'm sitting in bed and I started thinking, everyone's been panicking or surprised at the idea that's it's been almost 2 years since the pandemic, since the lockdown, since this and since that.

Yes the world has become a different place from before the pandemic. We no longe recognize it. We feel out of place. Our social skills may have gone down the drain. I can also bet you, if you look within you; you'll find that you have become a different person from before the pandemic. You no longer recognize the person you were before. Your social skills have not gone down the drain but rather you've learned how to put then in use. How to invest those skills and with whom so you'd get a positive return.

We spend so much time thinking about what's happening around us that we forget to look within ourselves.

Right now I am not the same person I was in December 2020. And me in December 2020, is not the same person I was in December 2019. Taking a closer look, I can see that I've grown. I grew up so much from before the pandemic that I'm proud of who I've become. I have learnt to say no when necessary I have learnt to stand up for what I believe. I have learnt to set boundaries. I have learnt to pick my fights I have learnt that sometimes things are not worth fighting for I have learnt that sometimes people are worth melting for. And more that I have yet to discover

It may seem that nothing has changed around us for 2 years but we...we have changed. We are not the same. Just look deep inside and remember who you are

Sandra Sobhy

December 1, 2021