Is 2021 Cancelled?

Hi all.

We are only 10 days into 2021 and yet things are still not going better.

Covid is still all over the place and we have just got the news that a plane fell into the ocean yesterday. 

Today I virtually attended a funeral of a friend's father who just got infected by covid 2 weeks ago. It only took 2 weeks for that virus to destroy a family's happiness. To hear how she and her sister couldn't make it home due to travel restriction, to witness how these children of his could only say their final farewell through computer screen was rough. No one deserves that, really. They deserve to be at their dad's side, to bid their farewell at his last stop on earth. They deserve to hold his hand one last time while saying how much they love him. Their mom deserves to be physically comforted by their children during this hard time. They deserve all of that. But covid just threw that out of the window and it's fucking cruel. I really am sorry. I hope he now is in eternal peace.

And yesterday though, the nation is in deep sadness due to a missing airplane. Because of covid, traveling has been hard with all the test you require to take beforehand. Some chose to go through the trouble just to spend a little time with their loved ones who live separately, to go home and just to go on vacation to ease the mind. When they stepped into the airplane, they expected to arrive at their desired place, but instead, they arrived at their final destination. I wouldn't even want to imagine being the family and friends waiting for them at the airport or at home, just to receive the news that their loved ones are never going to come back. This is why you never take your time with people for granted and how important short messages like "safe way home", "let me know when you get there" are. You never know. Never.

When I was younger I couldn't give a shit about the world (I still don't, mind you) but as I get older, I get to learn and through experiences, how important sympathy is. Some people had high hopes for 2021 and it was shattered in the matter of days. I do understand that humans are the worst possible creatures at times but this world has been going nowhere but down. I wish for a better year, well if it's not possible for everyone, at least for me and people I care about. I'm not an idiot who expect world to instantly get better when the clock hits midnight on Jan 1, but it just saddens me that we have to begin a new year with a lot of horrible news. 

While we can't expect too high for the rest of 2021, we still have hope and hope is what keeps us going.

Better 2021 is coming y'all!!