2022: Letting go of Hope in the Third Year of the Covid-19 Pandemic

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2022 was the year I let hope go. I know it sounds bleak, but hear me out. We all have expectations and goals and exercise our free will to affect the courses of our lives. In spite of our best efforts, there is only so much an individual swimming against the tide can do. Putting hope in other people, depending on them to do the right thing, has never worked out well for me…