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 surreal chunk of our lives. For the past four years we had no idea on what was going to happen on any given day. As interesting as a day or two like that could be overall it wasn't necessarily a good thing, especially as one thing led to another which then led to another and people near and far would wonder just what was going on, and usually not in a good way.
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. Things could actually go back to, dare I say, “normal”. Now whether or not you agree that's a good thing is up to you, but no matte how you think I do believe you'd have to agree that we're in for an rapid & shocking transition from our “before” to our “after”.
It'll be our new version of normality.
Or it will be until the next “before” and “after” points in our lives, whenever that is and however it comes about. I know many people are hopeful, while a few are wondering what will become of 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.
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