2020 stripped a lot of us of our flowers, our leaves, our spirit at any given time. A pandemic has raged and taken so many away.
The photo that accompanies this note is a good metaphor: We remain unbowed. Even if just one petal left, it reaches for the sun, for the sky.
We will do likewise, yes indeed we will.
2021 is going to be full of sunshine.
In the image below – a famous painting by Norman Lincoln Rockwell – the gentleman in the background is the optimist. He is insisting the game will not be rained out.
I say that is a good way to start 2021 — pointing up and insisting it’s going to be all right, we can play, it’s going to be be ok.
