Some Questions at the Turn of the Year….
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There are times when one is not sure what to say or do, especially if one aspires not simply to repeat or anticipate what others might say or do.
What do you say when you don’t know what to say? What do you do when you don’t know what to do? As a mediator by profession, my response in practice to these questions would probably be to pause, in silence. And do nothing but rather wait to see what happens… In the vacuum of silence, all sorts of things may occur. It takes self-discipline just to hold that space.
And then, perhaps, I might ask a few questions, not always expecting an answer, at least not one expressed as such. As we reflect back on a year like no other for most if not all of us, it seems pertinent to ask ourselves about 2020 and what it might mean – and indeed what we might take forward from it. So, here are some questions upon which each of us might wish to reflect at the beginning of a new year.
What did we learn in 2020, about ourselves? Who are we, really, and what really matters to us? What did we learn in 2020, about our world – and the people in it, and indeed about our own place in it?
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