And now, we enter the next phase of our
lives.
Whenever there’s a big,
transformative event—be it on a large scale, like today’s
inauguration, or on a much more personal scale, like a birth or a
wedding or a graduation—we tend to realize, if only for a fleeting
moment, that the curtain is coming down on one act of our lives,
while at the same time rising on the next. There’s a “before”
the event, and an “after” the event. Now, we’re living in the
“after”.
For many of us, today’s inauguration
put the wraps on a big and important chunk of our lives. For the
past eight years, we had a pretty good idea on what was going to
happen on any given day. We knew how people near and far would react
to things, and we knew what to expect from our leaders and from
people around the world. We had certainty.
Now, of course, we're at an “after”.
We're entering an entirely different world, with an entirely
different cast of characters and an entirely different way of dealing
with things. And since absolutely no one seems to know how that
entirely different way of dealing with things is going to play out,
we're in for an interesting transition from our “before” to our
“after”. I hope that, given time, we'll adjust, and we'll have
“certainty” in our lives again. It'll be a different certainty—a
MUCH different certainty, I'm sure-- but it'll be our new version of
“certainty”.
Until, of course, the next “before”
and “after” points in our lives, whenever that is and however it
comes about. I know some people are hopeful, while many others are
fearing for their lives. All I know is that it will not be the same
as it has been. I'll leave it to you to decide whether that's a good
thing or a bad thing. And that's all I'm gonna say about that for
now.
Besides, someone addressed this whole concept much
better than I, especially in his last few paragraphs.
On that note, have a great weekend. We
all certainly deserve it.
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