2020: The Year the Screenplay Got Real

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2020 has been a crazy ride. In 2018 if I was told that 2 years later a pandemic would sweep the world, nearly 2 million people would lose their lives, millions of people would be unemployed, millions would be wearing masks everywhere, office buildings, theaters and stadiums would be deserted, shaking hands and hugging would be taboo, and people would be prohibited from traveling, I'd be like, “Riiiiiight! You should sell that zombie apocalypse screenplay to someone in Hollywood.”

But truth is stranger than fiction, isn’t it?

Fast forward to 2020 and this screenplay is now a fully immersive live-action movie. It’s hard to imagine. How is it going to end? Will the aliens save us? Where is Bruce Willis?

Will there be a happy ending?

Right now, as we come to the end of 2020, it’s not the case for millions of people. Whether we’ve had COVID or not, we’ve all been affected in a variety of ways - mentally, emotionally, financially, spiritually. If there’s anything positive to be gained from 2020, it’s this: It forced me to stop, pause, and not take things for granted. It gave me clarity on what was truly important in my life and what I realized no longer was. Follow joy. Follow your heart. Follow the path you were meant to follow. You may never get that tomorrow, and it can be taken from you at any moment. Seize it when you can.

In 2020 “normal” was chucked out the window. Whether that is good or bad can be debated, but I know it was the alarm clock to wake me up. And I know I’m not the only one.

While we can’t predict how this screenplay ends and whether Bruce Willis truly saves us, I do believe it when they say, “The darkest hour is before the dawn.” The sun can’t hide forever.

May 2021 be that year for you and all of us. A year of hope, renewal, transformation, awakening and light.

Peace.

- V.