Happy New Year

Do not pray for an easy life,

pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

-- Bruce Lee

 

2022 has arrived quietly amid tensions around the globe, rampant inflation in

the US, and omicron.

 

Dec 31, half a dozen college classmates popped up wishing everyone a Happy New 

Year, a record-low turnout in our 18-member WeChat group. I was not surprised,

however. Over time and the Internet, the strength of our good wishes seemed to

fritter away. Novel auspicious emojis led to thumb-ups and then silence and

although we could reach each other instantly we felt out of touch. Nothing could

mask the fact that we had drifted so far apart and for so long.

 

The pandemic has not helped. Since 2020, most have lived in prolonged isolation,

some more desperate than others. Everyone has been fighting a battle others know 

nothing about. I myself have been orphaned and it has been the toughest two years. 

 

I do have a wish and it comes from the reverse direction. I will stop praying or,

indeed, begging with bated breath, for things to get better, e.g.,

- Covid to retreat,

- My marriage to revive, 

- The Chinese state and the world to reconcile, etc.

I wish to do my bit in all these but, in advance, I wish to say FU to whatever

ill 2022 might wreak.

 

Bring it on, bitch!

[7grizzly]

回複 '暖冬cool夏' 的評論 : Thank you, 暖冬, for reading and commenting.
Indeed, it feels that the Internet has become another way humans fool
themselves and degrade their quality of life. But I depend on it for a living.
So I guess I cannot have the cake and eat it too :-)

Goals or no goals, 2022 is here. We might just as well settle in.

Best Wishes.

[暖冬cool夏]

It's true that old friends drift apart as we pursue our own life. As a matter of fact, we have fewer friends as we are aging, at least this is what I feel.
I rarely have any new year resolutions. To me, setting a goal means nothing if I cannot stick to it:)) Just live the way it should be, simple but healthy.
Happy New Year!