Yes, I’m thankful this year. Nobody seems to think much of 2020, but when you look back, even during terrible times, we got some good things out of them. We can’t stop bad things from happening, but we have taken the time to learn from the experiences.
When somebody is being cruel or criminal, people stand up to them and for the victim. I’m glad I’ve lived to see attention paid to bullying and racism, so it may be less problematic soon. I was glad to see countless protesters on the streets for the Black Lives Matter movement, because sometimes it seems that whenever the sort of things that have always been happening to black people happened to white people, nobody said anything. That somehow meant that nobody’s lives mattered before now. It had to start somewhere, and it’s good that it is happening with one of our most repressed citizens (our indigenous tribes should soon follow).
We remembered the chaos of 2016, fought against countless hordes and elected somebody else as president this month. That was not an easy thing to do, considering all the planning for mail-in ballots, but we hung onto our hopes and became a truly dedicated voting country with staggering turnout.
Overall we have been dedicated to listening to experts and trying hard to get ahead of the record-breaking pestilence bringing the world down this year. Considering we are a close contact species, it’s hard to resist the urge to gather and hug and see each others’ lips move, but a majority of us are considering the consequences of not wearing masks and staying distant, and that means fewer people may get sick. That’s a good thing.
In spite of toilet paper shortages (more on that in a moment), and problems with some supplies and demand issues with soaps and such, supermarkets have plenty of turkeys this year, and it looks like the department stores will be ready for Christmas as usual. We kind of need that right now.
I’m glad to see that toilet paper is still being supplied, but wonder why, when other countries use bidets, we can’t do the same. Instead of runs on the paper products aisles in times of crisis, we could be relieved to know that our bottoms will still be clean. And we’d save trees.
At least we only have 41 days to go before a new year comes.
And if you are reading this, be thankful because you are still alive to read something about what’s coming.
And as times goes, so new things will come. That’s something to be thankful for, isn’t it?
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