In December a lot of people were talking about how glad they were going to be to put 2020 behind them yet, when the clocks turned over at midnight on December 31, 2020 and the world ushered in 2021, fundamentally nothing changed. COVID was still here. The lockdowns were still here. In most places the gyms were still closed due to COVID restrictions. The economic recession was still here. The groups who were fighting with each other in 2020 were still fighting with each other. Human suffering did not stop. Some people celebrated the birth of a new life and others mourned the loss of a loved one. Those who were hopeful for a better future on December 31 were likely still hopeful. Those who felt a sense of hopelessness on December 31, likely still felt that on January 1. The optimists were still optimistic and the pessimists were still pessimistic. 

Just because little, if anything, changed except the date does not mean that we cannot change. We may not be able to change the world but we can change ourselves, and our small piece of the world. 

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way”

Victor E. Frankl

On January 1, 2021 you and I had the same choices we had on December 31, 2020. We can wish things were different, or we can do what we can with what we have and keep or start moving forward. We can whine, or we can do the work. We can step forward into growth or step back into fear. We can take action, or we can make excuses. We can continually talk about how things “used to be” or we can accept the normal of now and move forward. If we are struggling we can reach out and ask for help, or we can choose to suffer in silence. 

“For what then matters is to bear witness the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one’s predicament into a human achievement. When we are no longer able to change a situation we are challenged to change ourselves.”

Victor E. Frankl

You get to choose your attitude, choose your own way, and choose to change yourself.

What’s Important Now? Choose wisely. 

Take care.

Brian Willis

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