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WTF 2016!

Seriously WTF 2016!

Hasson Shakor Harris Wilcher
Jan 02, 2017
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Seriously 2016 can go die in a fire! Wow, that was a hell of a year! There are not enough words to describe what 2016 was on literally every front. Politically, environmentally, socially, globally, scientifically, economically, morally, emotionally, and everything else in between was just a pile of mush. Why was it a pile of mush? I DON'T EVEN KNOW ANYMORE! Just get me out of this country! Out of this continent! Out of this planet! I AM DONE!

I just...I can't...I can't even...

But you can. Just take a second to wait and think...there is more.

There is more to life, than the emotional beating that was 2016. There is way more life to live and things to be done. It is so easy to let 2016 win and walk into 2017 already defeated. Yes, 2016 was one of the worst years in recent memory. It still hurts me to think about all of the injustices, deaths, ignorance, hate, and indifference that occurred during this past year. But instead of hiding from all of that and letting fear win. I move to propel myself forward.

"Always forward," is the guiding action brought to life in Netflix's Luke Cage. It is a sentiment that does not only apply to the black community but everyone. Always forward towards the good of all people. Forward for the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of the deaths of unarmed black people. Forward for the LGBTQA+ community in the wake of the Orlando shooting and fight for transgender rights. Forward for the United States of America in the wake of the election of Donald Trump. Forward for the world in the wake of all that we face in this life.

Forward does not mean to forget all that we have done. Forward means to acknowledge, understand, and learn from the past so that we can make a better impact towards the future. All of this pain, and jumbled mess of feelings from 2016 should prompt us all to start 2017 off with a fiery vigor and passion.

But again 2016 can go ahead get buried alive for all I care. Let us stop complaining and starting making 2017 what we want it to be. To push ourselves and the world around us, always forward.

"Sweet Christmas, 2016 was a jive a** turkey!"

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