On 2020 and on being grateful
Oh, what a year. No, not the pandemic. Personally. For me, for my soul.
I have learned so much during this year. I have learned that when you learn an important thing at some point in life, stick to it, don't abandon it because you will only learn it again the hard way. Or in the most hard way. And this is about people. That long lasting opinion about people, well, it's been there for a while for good reason, don't change it just due to circumstances.
What a year of disappointments and deceit. Oh, what a year.
Oh, what a year of reckoning with my own mistakes and expectations. What a year.
But I have also learned another thing. Not only about mistakes but about gratitude. I've never been too grateful for what I have been offered in life. I have always said that the good in my life is of my own making and remained to that. Maybe that is true, but I have never stopped for a moment and be grateful for the people that have been in my life and that have brought good in my life. There have been so many people. My good friends, my colleagues, my parents and firstly my life partners.
I have never told them how much I cherish the relationship I had with them because I took it for granted. I will never do that again. I am so grateful now for all the friends I have in my life and for all the people that put their trust and faith in me. And I say this. I will not disappoint. Not again.
I think, as most of us, I want to hold myself to the highest standards. But the highest standard in life I think cherishing the good people you have around you and that have crossed paths with you one way or another. The highest standard would be to only bring good in their life by being ethically and morally sound, by being supportive and understanding and by being there. Disentangled from your own issues, by being there for your close one. This year, so many people have been close to me but only in hardship I have realised how much I cherish them and how lucky and blessed I am to have them. And maybe good friendships are your own making, but good people, you just need to be grateful you have crossed life lines with them. And keep them.
Be grateful for the good in your life. Disentangle for the bad, disentangle from the past and be better today than you were yesterday.
