Happy COVID New Year 2 in Paris
December 31st New Year’s is an artificial deadline established relatively recently by European calendar enthusiasts… but why not celebrate our trips around the sun and sync chronologies of our shared memories?
Everyone I know knows someone with COVID. So far it hasn’t touched my immediate family. Rumor has it that infectiologists at NIH see a weakening of the pandemic in the less horrific symptoms of Omicron. Meanwhile France is registering 200,000 new cases a day, as much as the entire US, and hospitals are again saturated.
What’s next? We never knew the answer to that question of course, but we lulled ourselves with projections and probabilities… In case we needed a reminder, nothing is certain but uncertainty. We can hope and dream. Life is what happens when we do that. Perhaps our hopes and dreams create a path across uncertainty, enabling us to seize hunches and opportunities that orient our journeys?
How can we make resolutions in this context? An attempt: Let us cherish every moment, take nothing and no one for granted, do everything possible to stay healthy and protect those around us, do everything we can to promote and protect quality healthcare for all, respect the natural world, become good stewards, love.
Happy New Year from Paris!
Aliss
Originally published at http://thankyouparis.wordpress.com on December 31, 2021.
