HAPPY NEW YEAR – 2022 (31-Dec-2021)

 

Wishing you a very happy new year 2022! 

Wishing all of us virus-free days in the near future, but then specifically to you let health-wealth-happiness be bestowed in abundance by the Lord

Wishing all of us success and merriment, but then specifically to you let the joy of a win in everything that you set forth be a blessing by the Lord

Wishing all of us enhanced bonding and friendship, but then specifically to you let our bridge stay strong as an offering to the Lord

Wishing all of us travel into the places we love, but then specifically to you to be able to travel to your family and friends as a gratitude to the Lord

Wishing all of us peace and prosperity, but then specifically to you let the inner peace and tranquillity be the light shone by the Lord

Almost there, ready to step into a new year it mandates us to shine a little but bright light on the days ahead into the future.  Just so that it augurs well, it is imperative to erase the dark days which has thrust us into a pandemic situation for almost two years and the ensuing implications.  However, a new variant and unprecedented infection numbers around the world in several countries does not provide us the clarity now.  Do we want to continue to rot in ‘status quo?’

I am not speaking Greek and Latin here.  It appears that Greek and Latin were at loggerheads, always!  Status Quo is a Latin phrase and essentially means ‘Current Situation.’  While the Greek philosopher Heraclitus remarked: Change is the only constant!  We the human beings always love status quo since it is a safety net where we can hide forever.  We resist change…period.

If we go by the Latin phrase, the punishment phase with the lurking danger of new variants of virus will further unsettle us.  If we go by the Greek thoughts, we know that the dark clouds will pass.  Now to which side do we show our allegiance?

We are the selfish human beings who belong to the Homo Sapiens species.  Here again, it is derived from a Latin word, Homo being 'human' or 'man' and Sapiens meaning 'wise' or 'astute.'  It means ‘wise human,’ but are we really?  For the first time, we the ‘wise humans’ for a change will not resist or desist change; instead, we are ready to embrace change with open hands.  We want change for a better tomorrow, sans the virus.  We want vaccines giving us the necessary impetus and boost to move ahead, fearless.  We want a new drug that can cure us of this disease.

We want to be able to fly with a wide wingspan high up in the air, not stutter with our wings clipped.  We want to fly with gay abandon beyond the farthest mountains, and dive with firm resolve into the deepest oceans.

With that in mind, let us march ahead with our heads held high with a renewed hope that there are better days in the offing. 

Happy New Year once again to you and your loved ones!