As I sit here watching tv, managing a dog with anxiety, and as the special year that has been 2020 winds to and end, I realize as frustrating and irritating and so many other things that this year has been, I am actually pretty content with life at this moment.
I have a home, food to eat, a job, i'm able to pay all my bills without worry. I am able to buy extra and do extra. My family is doing reasonable well also and are reasonably healthy. My 12 year old german shepherd is still with me and she hasn't had to cross the rainbow bridge yet.
The year has been interesting, and as someone who works in healthcare I have had a front row view, wanted or not, to a lot of it. No matter what, it has been a ride with everything. With incredible highs of seeing people grown into new things and places as well as sometimes indescribable lows of people dying and the loss of a way of life.
We have seen the worst of humanity and more often, seen the best. The compassion and willingness to help others. To hold each other accountable for our actions.
My hope for the next year is that we build and remember that we don't all have to think the same. It's actually better when we don't. It brings out the best in us. We don't need to be rude about it and we can't be disrespectful. Just because someone doesn't agree with you, doesn't make them an enemy. Some of the best friends I have had, also had complexly different opinions about things. And we can have great discussions about them. I hope people in general can remember this idea and embrace it.