First of all let me wish you a Very Happy New Year. May this year bless you and your loved ones with good health, success, laughter and the things that your heart has been wishing for. This is a special New Year as it also ushers in a new decade. A period we hope that will bring better global understanding and peace.
The past decade has seen many changes take place on the world map that has touched and shaped our lives in one way or the other. I can’t recall of any other period in our lives, be it the 70’s, 80’s or even the 90’s that has been so volatile. Peace and safety which many of us take for granted in our daily lives, have been shattered by war and terrorism in many parts of the world, leaving children without parents and parents without children. While the 80’s and 90’s saw the world bring down the walls that separated people, we in the past decade have seen governments raise walls once again to protect their own from the fear of the unknown.
Even something as enjoyable as travelling has changed from being fun to becoming stressful. Previously for some, the fear of travel was mainly due to phobias or travel sickness. But today even those who used to get onto a flight or train without a worry in the world do so at times with some amount of fear in the back of their minds.
The financial meltdown which we are still reeling from was like a tsunami that spread through the global financial markets without any warning or mercy. It left a trail of carnage like never before seen, affecting individuals, institutions and even governments. Financial institutions which were once considered to be invincible were brought down to their knees. The less fortunate ones did not even have that privilege. Millions of individuals, who have worked hard over the years to secure a better financial future for themselves and their families, suddenly saw their savings disappear or even worse being left in debt. There are very few who have not been affected by the financial crisis.
Even Mother Nature did not spare us. She has shown her wrath through the tsunami of 2004, hurricane Katrina, forest fires in California, earthquakes, drought & famine, and floods. These events are happening more often than ever before. The global climate change is becoming more violent, with many scientists believing that if we do not act immediately to calm down Mother Nature, she may be on a path of no return.
If we are willing to reflect upon and learn from the events of past decade, we will see that many of these situations were created by our own actions. We always have a choice, but the right path may sometimes be the road less travelled.
As we venture into this new decade let us do so by working together with each other to make this the ‘best decade’ of our lives. Not only at a personal level, but by also taking an interest in the world we live in. We need to better understand and respect the world we live in, and it will be more respectful towards us.
In a world of uncertainty, hope is the one thing that we all have and will always have. So with hope in our hearts, let us begin that change so that when we step out of this decade, we will do so knowing in our heart’s that we have each done our part to make this a safer and a more beautiful world for us and our children.
Best Wishes,
Tuhin Dev
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