The new year brings an end to a difficult year.
The new year does not bring any tangible changes as a result of our planet crossing an arbitrary point in our rotation around the sun.
The new year brings hope, for a heard immunity against Covid-19, thanks to a number of different vaccines.
The new year does not bring any immediate relief from the spread of Covid-19, with a greater threat of spread due to a more contagious new variant coming out of the UK.
The new year brings resolutions and promises of self-improvement and ambitious goals.
The new year does not bring any promise of fulfilling these new goals without a dedicated effort to change habits and behaviours.
The new year brings a political and ideological shift in power in the United States.
The new year does not bring a promise of less divisiveness in the American people who seem too ideologically divided.
The new year brings inconsistent approaches to dealing with the virus, from being scarily too open to being confusingly too locked down.
The new year does not bring any promise of clarity about how best to deal with the virus while we wait for widespread vaccine distribution.
The new year brings continued paranoia and conspiracy filled misinformation, shared virally on social media.
The new year does not bring any way to meaningfully combat the spread of bad ideas.
The new year brings anticipation for a better year than 2020.
The new year brings promise of post pandemic world.
The new year brings opportunity for positive change.
The new year brings us more of the same, unless we choose to think, say, and act differently.
Let’s be different, better, more loving, kind, and caring… to ourselves, our community, and our environment. We do not get to choose the world we live in, but we do get to choose our impact on it and those in our community we share it with.
