2020 was a year of not only facing reality, but learning to live with it. It was a year of feeling as if we were no longer in control of our daily lives. Of witnessing painful, difficult things that colored hope for our future with a heavy mist of grey. Of recognizing that certain rock solid mainstays in our lives weren’t rock solid at all. Of waking up to feel as if we were stepping into quicksand as we faced the day instead of dependable ground beneath us.
There’s no erasing any of 2020 or the many difficult things that happened. There is only looking forward, looking up, and releasing those things that are too heavy for us to carry into the future with us. In 2021, I will continue trying to be the best version of myself that I can be while accepting that perfection is not attainable, choosing kind words when frustration overwhelms, looking for ways to put more good into the world, and letting go of those things that turn my feet to concrete and weigh me down. I will let go of those things I cannot change.