Welcome to 2021! Those of us who made it out of 2020 surely sighed in relief and gratitude, as the clock chimed past midnight on 1 January 2021.

In my short memory, this is the only time I have experienced a collective uncertainty about the future, from around the world. Nevertheless, there are those that put one foot in front of the other and still worked on their dreams and are now seeing them fulfilled. This is how we have got through the great catastrophes of our respective histories…the floods, the plagues, the wars, and the Pompeiis alike. Small, careful steps forward. And hope. For that is what drags us out of the doldrums, when nothing else will. Maybe today…maybe today will be the day when…! Hope.

Let this be an inspiration you all for the year ahead.

Happy New Year! May the year, if tough, leave you with enough hope to carry you to the next.

TL