Reflections on 2020

According to the Cambridge Dictionary a reflection is “the image of something in a mirror or on any reflective surface” and I felt this was a good place to start this post as 2020 has forced us to face some uncomfortable personal experiences at the same time as exposing social flaws and challenges we had perhaps hoped to keep swept under a carpet of denial and delusion. 2020 is a year everyone alive who is of an age where memory kicks in for the long term will look back and say something along the lines of ‘do you remember what you were doing when the pandemic first struck?’. Rather like other iconic events that rocked the world from wars, to deaths, to assassinations, natural and man-made disasters, there seems to be a collective understanding that these things have changed something fundamental. But what I notice about all these things is that they have a negative quality about them, something that definitely doesn’t make my heart sing or fill me with joy and wonder. And perhaps this says something rather fundamental about the nature of being human, now more than ever. I notice when I talk with friends and relatives, we often end up musing on the things that turned out ‘wrong’, rather than on the many more things that turned out ‘right’. And it whilst there is a need to avoid being too Pollyanna-esque, it is important not to be too like Eeyore either. This year has provided evidence aplenty that life is a mixture of the ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Happiness 2020 reflections Source Type: news