Welcome to 'THE END'

‘The end’ is a motivating phrase. Plenty has got to do with the way you employ it and perceive it. From the tip of the road: meaning the tip of a situation, to the tip of one’s tether: when one isn't ready to address an issue anymore, to light at the boundary of the tunnel: reflecting a positive turn awaiting us at the tip of a difficult challenge, this year has shown us several opportunities to grasp the top. While in most cases pain accompanies it, at the climax of the day, ‘the end’ ultimately means what you may make out of it.

This is a year that brought the globe to a standstill, all without delay, and spared nobody, irrespective of their age, status, or designation. 2021 impacted children the most as it did to elders, and countries’ worldwide economic and political struggles which had to be endured and overcome. But the globe healed and stood against the deadly virus that destroyed nearly 1.5 million lives within one year.

2021 specifically, arm-twisted many to awaken to the evolution cycle, accept, and become aware of our inner strengths within the toughest times. The year marked the start of an era of psychological and spiritual awareness and growth. It’s not that we didn’t know about it earlier, but Covid 19 did push us a great deal towards the direction of awareness, acceptance, and the will to dig deep and search out the ability in ourselves to resolve, adjust and adapt to survive. Pain, loss, and endings have the simplest ways of leaving us to process and think-both being strengths of mankind.

Letting go of 2021 with a renewed resolve to be human, to survive together, to be addressed together, and persevere within the many beginnings that we are still to work out, will mark the birth of an all-powerful conscious era for us. Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a happening, with all the wisdom that has been instilled in us. Recognizing and reflecting on the reality that until the edge of your time, the sun will set and rise upon us, warming us up for a replacement beginning, will make a good way to start the New Year!

--- By Subhadip Mitra