The Year of The Tiger
Something is damn old, but they are still powerful. Like a tiger running down the mountain.
Believe it or not, we have entered the year of the tiger. In the Chinese zodiac, the tiger is brave, strong, and dominant. It’s the king of all beasts.
The last year was the Ox. Not a bad animal at all. But let’s reminisce about the time we passed in 2021and hate it with a passion for all the mean things it did to us. Drudgery and forbearance, they are the Ox’s traits that we bore in 2021. Many of us.
The tiger is definitely more daring, therefore, more hopeful. The artists have a penchant to draw the tiger in the pose of running down the mountain — crushing everything on its path.
Suddenly I feel we need a year of the tiger more than ever. I want to crush it all and wield pure power like a tiger. Admittedly, the new techs have helped us get through the past two years like never before, mask, Zoom, DoorDash, fast test, vaccine, and so on. But in the end, I yearn for the most primitive strength — a tiger running down the mountain.
“A zodiac tiger?” someone might sneer. Within decades, though, the Covid will become a history, along with the technologies used to tackle it. But the Lunar New Year will be celebrated for thousands of years if not longer. Every twelve years, people will pull up the poster of a tiger…
