Year after year, and now we are in the first week of the year 2024, and still, we assume that there may be something new in this new year without considering the enormous challenges we are carrying forward without attending them.
The subtle secret of ignoring the real problems and advocating positivity is still the same; without admitting it, we feel pride in showing it.
So, what’s new in a new year?
Still on the fence about what’s new in the new year, I am currently encapsulating the concept of New Year celebrations amid the contradiction of failed resolutions of the past year and getting a fresh list of new proposed plans for the brand new year.
- We are still human beings and not the super-powered superhumans.
- We are still supporting hooliganism, terrorism, imperialism.
- We are still preaching humanism while going overboard with hostility everywhere.
- We are still pretending to save natural resources while irrationally destroying natural habitats in the name of development and progress.
- There are still two worlds – one belongs to the high-powered community while the other is neglected even for basic human amenities.
- Some youths are prompted to take extreme steps because of the lack of jobs.
- There are women, an integral part of any society, who are facing atrocities throughout their lives. Rapes are so horrific, but still, it is a treacherous threat to the whole concept of a women-friendly society.
- There are instances of people invading into the private spaces of others through various social media platforms.
- The narrative of power is becoming narrower due to the greed for more and more power.
- From the era of fish-eat-fish, this is the time when humans are influencing humanity.
- We are still facing many unnecessary rumors from both verified and unverified sources. It occurs in the nick time of hyper-internet activities and the presence of stricter laws.
- We are still vying for good manners and etiquette even though we tend to behave the opposite whenever we find any deviation from our perceived plan.
- After ruling their respective states/countries, our lawmakers are the real law-breakers for the community.
- Children are still vulnerable, and there is nothing efficient enough to check the crimes against them.
- Youths are exercising their invaluable voting rights on irrelevant issues. They are hidden victims of politicians who shamelessly ignore the potential of the young population.
- Altruism is highly forbidden.
- Human trafficking has become the worst in recent periods.
- The rich are getting richer, whereas most of the population is still struggling for the minimum requirements for their survival.
- War-mongering is destroying every peace treaty, but no one is listening.
- There were real saints in the past, and now we witness the vile people preaching humanity.
- Empathy and sympathy are in vain, as people are more doubtful of a genuine effort.
Scams and cronies are a reality. False promises by honorable lawmakers are a reality. Never-ending pressure from inter- and intra-quarters is also a reality.
Diverse diverging problems like dreaded diseases, misuse of biochemicals, nuclear holocaust, food scarcity, authoritarian governments, severe pollution, climate changes, overpopulation, and voluntary violation of the existing treaties by powerful countries – detrimental factors are in every nook and corner in the entire world.
Building on the above points, I am now focusing on the other side of the story.
Earlier, I simply wrote about the pessimistic side of the present society, and that’s why It took me so long to write. I have a certain kind of notion of a well-grown-up society, and any anti makes me sad to the core.
Every passing year teaches us something about the challenges coming our way in the upcoming year.
The world is a unique theater, and only humans have the power to add more drama in a simple situation to make it look like a million-bug inhabitable planet.
So what’s new for us?
One of my friends just visited me and told me about her New Year’s resolutions. Even my daughter said that she will try her hand at painting this year. And, for me, the plan for this new year is to be the same person I am.
I don’t know what my readers have in mind while making sure to make the New Year promises.
The world is bursting with surprising elements. In toto, we are bound to fulfill all our commitments towards ourselves and all humanity.
The world is all ours, and the human race has witnessed a lot of evolution processes, several renaissance, several wake-up calls, many senseless mistakes, several milestones, many happy moments, and even several disastrous natural calamities, including pandemics.
Although we are still going through the learning phase to cope with the massive challenges on our way, we never shy away from doing charity, we never shy away from being in our element, we never drift away from the idea of humility, equality, faith and our own areas of excellence.
Sweet are the uses of diversity.
– William Shakespeare.
People simply forgo their diverse problems by simply going with their old habits, by going with the flow of the trend, sometimes they go against their intrinsic will to achieve something that they envision and sometimes hesitate too much to follow certain directions – this is the simple prediction of totally unpredictable human life on this planet and yep, we have reasons to celebrate every new thing.
Let’s hope and pray for the betterment of the world community this leap year.
With all the 366 days, and one after another, let’s pray that humanity prevails in this year.
