Sunday Morning Post (V.2, #19): Lessons Learned from a Pandemic

This may be a bit too early to count our blessings regarding the pandemic, but we nevertheless will have to acknowledge at some point in the future that this current crisis was destined to happen.  Even though mankind is still in the woods so to speak and we can’t see the light at the end of a tunnel - any tunnel - but we can look at ourselves and see a little progress being made.  This may be the first of a series of entries on this matter, but for now we can highlight these events.

People are recognizing that we need to be there for the other person and help them and us through this crisis.

The so-called fake media is filled with stories of people making masks to shore up the shortage of health supplies.  Many others are volunteering at food banks or delivering food to those in need.  We’re showing moral support to those who have been deprived of certain rites of passage such as going to a prom or graduating from high school.  In short, we’re changing our everyday lives to confront the crisis head on.  These stories are good and not fake.

We are learning, once again, that we need to depend on each other and not on the incompetent and corrupt powers-to-be to ensure our survival.  These will be hard lessons to learn, but mankind has a talent for learning the hard way.  So be it!

We will learn.  We will survive.  The life we knew may disappear for a while.

Now here’s a reality check: we should realize and accept the idea that not all of us are destined to emerge from the tunnel.   I’m not suggesting that any one of us just gives up by any means.  I assume we will fight against the winds of fate no matter what.  We don’t seem to know any better than carrying on with the art of survival.

In the meantime, we should learn the lesson of looking out for each other.

This is a good of time as any to hear this oldie from The Hollies.

Until next week, please stay safe.

(Thank you for reading.)