2020 has been quite the year. Not the ‘good year’ we imagined on New Year’s Eve. Huge happenings occurred in 2020 and the year isn’t over. Still ahead is the November 3rd election, the possible seating of another Supreme Court Justice, the march of heavy weather caused by global warming (including wildfires by the dozens), and whatever happens with COVID by the end of the year. Vaccines may be approved by then, but still ahead is the manufacture and distribution on the scale of billions of doses.
Change. It happens. All the time. It is a constant of life. Always
has been.
What we do about it is another matter. Some plan, others ‘do,’
while still others fret, worry and die of anxiety and panic attacks.
Whatever 2020 will eventually come to mean, it will cause us
all to adapt to new normals in many facets of life. I suspect these few arenas
will be huge focal points for us:
a. Remote learning will revolutionize education for
all age groups
b.
Remote fellowship and worship will revolutionize
church life
c.
Remote transactions will change commercial life
forever; fewer stores; smaller shops
d.
Remote working stations will revolutionize
building design, organizational design and commercial real estate markets; also
commuting patterns greatly changed or eliminated
Those are the four biggies. At least it seems so to me.
Socialization skills will change with each of the above. Those
skills will redefine jobs, businesses, products and services. Remote locations
will redefine real estate markets and transportation patterns and needs. Education
will finally become life-long and expansively creative. Rote learning is over. Engaging
minds and creating new ideas and connections with multiple disciplines will
allow students of all ages to excel in so many ways.
A whole new world lies before us. And all because we were
forced to live a little differently due to a pandemic. The changes cascade from that cause. Realizing what it means has just begun to shift our thinking.
We needed this. Too bad it cost 214,000 Americans
their lives. But we can make it better. Let’s not allow those lost lives to be
wasted.
Hard work lies ahead!
October 14, 2020
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