Hope on the edge of a razor, Jacinta Neal , Briannah Devlin
Hope on the edge of a razor While 2020 might have not been as we expected, Jacinta year as a lesson to be learnt.
Neal looks back on the
“The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; the wise say the path to Salvation is hard.” Maugham's opening quote to THE RAZOR'S EDGE From the Katha-Upanishad I read The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham at the end of last year, and this quote has stuck with me ever since. I like to think of it in times of adversity or when I'm feeling down.
It popped into my head in March when COVID-19 was really getting serious, and thinking about it now, I think it defines 2020. This year has been one for the history books. 2020 is not how any of us expected it to go. Travel plans were put on hold indefinitely. Loved ones got sick. Weddings, birthdays, funerals got cancelled. I didn't want my last year of university to be all zoom meetings and online learning, but here we are. But if this year has taught me anything, it’s that life is just unprecedented. It's a series of passing over the edge of a razor. We like to pretend we have plans; we have goals, but in reality, aren't we all just cruising along hoping for the best?
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