What People are Saying about 2022
Have you noticed what people are saying about 2022?
Me neither.
At this time last year, social media was buzzing with posts bidding good riddance to 2020. We were all ready to have 2020 in the rearview mirror. People were prepared to give 2021 a kiss on the cheek and a big ol’ bear hug—and then 2021 happened. And it kept happening.
I haven’t seen anyone say anything hopeful about 2022. No bashing the awfulness of 2021, no crowning of a new year, and no bold statements that ’22 can’t be worse than ’21. Maybe I’m not paying attention to the socials as much as I was last year, but it seems like there is a tone, posture, and expectation change when it comes to this new year.
Maybe we are still dragging from the whiplash of it all. Perhaps our hope in society, civility, common sense, and decency have also fallen victim to supply chain issues. Maybe reality has set in. Maybe entering the third year of a global pandemic has adjusted our expectations.
Friends, fellow p…
