2020 was not easy for almost anyone. In particular, it was not the worst year of my life. I had very good times and bad times. Highs and lows. To be honest, I have lived through more difficult years. And today I appreciate all the learning they provided me. Possibly, without the lessons that were already embedded in me, 2020 would have been much more difficult.
All this introspection that this year required, was already something I was used to doing. I was already a friend of my fears. I knew how to deal with my silence (and my screams too!). I dove in and didn’t drown. I just met myself even more. But collectively speaking, 2020 was a disaster. I’ve never seen anything like it. Not even in my worst nightmares did I think we would live a pandemic. And all the devastating consequences that came with it:
deaths, isolation, homesickness, end of plans, unemployment, misery. There were so many ruinous things that it is difficult to list. The pandemic threw a spotlight on our social problems. What we swept under the rug was exposed: the lack of empathy, the selfishness, the negation, the disbelief in science. They removed the rug and we got to see everything that is bad. A collective wound that I don’t know if will ever be healed. One emerged “new normal”. We had to change our habits, readjust our lives, remake ourselves.
The most important lesson that remained was: we have the power to adapt. It doesn’t matter if it’s for better or worse: we will be able to deal with whatever comes. And it is not because we are strong and incredible, it is because we have no other option. Not accepting the new reality will not make things go back to the way they used to. You have to adapt and accept things as they are. There will be those who with the strength of their own legs will be able to walk and follow their course with determination. There will be someone who will be taken by the crowd. But, in one way or another, we will all follow. I don’t know if 2021 will be better. My wish is that it is, but, regardless of how it is, I know that we will adapt. And we will continue to move on. Because that’s the way it has to be. I wish 2021 is the best year it can be. #jewelrydesigner
