January 2021…Here we go!

Happy New Year 2021!

Can’t believe that we’re already at the end of the second but better late than never, right?

To think that this time last year, most of us were “kind of” aware of the discovery of a new novel virus but still managed to go about our day to day activities, oblivious to just how much our lives were about to change.

Three national lockdowns (plus additional tier systems restrictions) later, and  now, a new strain of the virus, we are still not close to the end of it, though there are some positive indications. It is unlikely that “normal” will ever resemble what it was like pre March, 2020, at least for a good few years, if not decades. We would after all be resuming life following a global pandemic. I watching a show last night and a behavioural psychologist likened our current situation to the period of the Spanish Flu that was then followed by the “roaring twenties”.  It is fitting that we should have  “roaring twenties 2.0” after all the various iterations of the lockdowns that we have had.  

In this time of grave adversity, heightened stress and uncertainty (I believe “unprecedented” was the word that has been mostly used to describe the events of the past year or so), I pray for comfort and strength for those who lost loved one and for all who have been touched by the devastating effects of COVID-19.

As we enter into the third week of 2021, my word for this week, which I will share with you is “Hope”, along with two images of my favourite quotes about hope.

It is my hope for this week that you stay safe and remain blessed.

Xx

Milolo