Edit speak Challenge of the new year

Edit speak Challenge of the new year

Dear Reader, 

2022 has gone by and the new year, 2023, has dawned upon us.  However, unlike all the past new years where I began the editorial on  an optimistic note, I am being sceptical this time. 

The Omicron BF.7 had spread its deadly tentacles on the Chinese  people with renewed fury, and the death toll is rising alarmingly. All  countries, including India, are on high alert, and it’s time we start  taking the precautions we had become quite cavalier about in recent  times. However, if the experience of past years has taught us well,  we will be careful to not let the virus put our lives on hold while  ensuring that it does not infect us with the same virulence it did in  the past. 

Keeping this in mind, I think it’s sagacious to start the new year with  deep prayers. Let’s sit together and form prayer groups, asking the  Universe to bless us with health, a sense of responsibility, and sincere  awareness of our reality. Let’s celebrate, not with gay abandon but  with deep gratitude for all that we have, promising to be mindful of  how we tread on Planet Earth. 

The lead story for January is on developing the ability to  communicate with our bodies. Our body is the vessel of our soul  and the multi-layered mind. Often, the most persistent and nagging  issues of our life get pushed back by our conscious mind. The body,  however, keeps the score and throws up unresolved issues in various  ways. By training ourselves to listen to it, we can prevent many an  ailment and, perhaps, even get insights into the direction our life is  going in.