Dear 2021,
Behave. Just behave. I may not know how you’re gonna look like, what people and places you’re gonna allow me to visit, what situations and even what sense of fashion you’re gonna bring along… But one thing is for sure – tearing off the final page of the year has never felt better. Gotta admit, no matter how hard I want to forget the past year, it won’t be that easy. However, that doesn’t mean I can’t have hopes for the better future, right? I believe that even if all we did in 2020 was get through it, that’s already enough to celebrate!
I understand there’s a lot of pressure on your shoulders to be better than that previous “leap year”… We still have a raging pandemic which has taken many people’s lives (may they never be forgotten), we still wear masks and can’t tell if people are smiling or frowning, some are still isolated, alone and afraid… And frankly speaking, I think we’re all just tired. So all I want from you is to be different, not even perfect, but just to be “normal” again.
The truth is, I learned a lot in the previous 366 days. And the past events have shaped me into who I am. I even found out I’m much stronger than I ever thought I was. And yes indeed, I was always someone who tries to be positive about everything, and that still hasn’t changed. But what I also realised is that I was too amongst those who would have moments, when, whenever we got a little bit of something good – we wanted more of it, when we got more – we wanted even more.. And only when we lost most of it, did we finally realise that little was enough.
In the end, we definitely all have learned to appreciate the small moments even more. And I am definitely going to be optimistic again for this new year, hoping you will bring change. Just please, let be more to life than sweat sets.
Love,
S.Z.
Draga 2021.godino,
Ponašaj se. Samo se lepo ponašaj. Možda ne znam kako ćeš izgledati, koje ljude i mesta ćeš mi dozvoliti da posetim, kakve situacije, pa čak i kakve modne trendove ćeš nam doneti… Ali jedno je sigurno – nikada se nisam bolje osećala cepanjem poslednje stranice u godini. I moram priznati, koliko god želim da zaboravim na prethodnu, neće biti lako. Međutim, to ne znači da ne mogu da se nadam boljoj budućnosti, zar ne? Verujem da čak i ako sve što smo uradili u 2020-oj jeste “preživeli”, to je i više nego dovoljan razlog za slavlje!
Shvatam da si pod velikim pritiskom i da svi očekuju da budeš bolja od ove “prestupne”… Još uvek vlada besna pandemija koja je na žalost mnogima oduzela živote. Još uvek nosimo maske i ne znamo da li su ljudi oko nas nasmejani ili namrgođeni. Neki su i dalje izolovani, sami i uplašeni… I iskreno govoreći, mislim da smo svi već umorni. Zato sve što želim od tebe jeste da budes drugačija, čak ne želim ni da budeš savršena, već jednostavno da ponovo budeš “normalna”.
Istina je da smo svi mnogo toga naučili u prethodnih 366 dana. Evo ja prva, priznajem! Čak sam otkrila i da sam mnogo jača nego što sam ikada mislila da jesam. I uvek sam bila neko ko traži pozitivno u negativnom, to se i dalje nije promenilo. Međutim, ono što sam takođe shvatila jeste da sam i ja ponekad među onima koji imaju faze da, kad god bismo dobili malo nečeg dobrog – želeli bismo više od toga, kada bismo dobili više – želeli bismo još više… I tek kada smo izgubili većinu toga, konačno smo shvatili da je malo zapravo sasvim dovoljno za sreću.
Na kraju, mislim da smo definitivno svi naučili da više cenimo one malene trenutke. I ja ću definitivno opet biti optimista za novu godinu, nadajući se da ćeš nam doneti promene, ali promene na bolje. Molim te da nam daš samo malo više slobode i pustiš da živimo život van pidžame, trenerkica i granica.
S ljubavlju,
S.Ž.