Dred of a New Year
I am not looking forward to the new year. Not that 2023 was all that great for me, but what I fear about 2024, does not give me much motivation to see it come. Normally, as the new year approaches, I, like many millions of others, find hope that the new year will bring about opportunity and growth, prosperity and peace of mind. 2024 does not seem like it will be that kind of year. I have been watching news, reading articles, observing social media posts, listening to podcasts throughout 2023. It has been daunting to my soul. Never have I felt so powerless and hopeless, not even during my darkest days of depression. Then, I could say I was in an emotional fog. Today, it is more terrifying because I am fully cognizant of what is going on. I feel that by this time next year, I will be reminiscing about what we had as a country, as a culture. I will be coming to the full realization that the America many of us sought to create, an America that would truly live up to its creed o...
