As of today, there is just one word that seems to be common across nations, leaders, religions, people, titles, mankind...and that is 'corona virus'.
It is sad that it has taken a pandemic for the world to come together as one. It has taken a pandemic for mankind to know that countries, states, religions, borders, economies are after all manmade and that, when it comes to nature, none of these exist. It is once again proven that irrespective of who we are, irrespective of whatever progress we make, irrespective of which part of the solar system we claim to access, we stand no chance when nature decides to go to war with us. It is as if we do not exist!!!
Though the plight of the world, the plight of people in various nations is horrific, did we as mankind really need something like this to shake us up and tell us 'STOP', nothing, absolutely nothing you do, earn, conquer, or create matters if you yourselves are not safe? Because, that is exactly what the world is going through. It's as if everything has come to a standstill...... frozen. Eerily frozen, because of fear - a fear of being a possible victim, a fear of being the next casualty figure, a fear of being the next one who will not have a ventilator, a fear of being infected.
It is sad that it has taken the fear of death for people to be concerned about what is happening in another distant land, but then again, the concern is from a standpoint of the possibility of the virus being at our doorstep.
Will this be a lesson for us? Will these lessons from the pandemic, the loss, the grief, the fear stay with us long enough for us to remember that nature intended the world to be one without borders, religions and governments? Will this be a lesson for us that we are first and always mankind and that has to be priority and the only way we ought to see each other?
I wonder.......
It is sad that it has taken a pandemic for the world to come together as one. It has taken a pandemic for mankind to know that countries, states, religions, borders, economies are after all manmade and that, when it comes to nature, none of these exist. It is once again proven that irrespective of who we are, irrespective of whatever progress we make, irrespective of which part of the solar system we claim to access, we stand no chance when nature decides to go to war with us. It is as if we do not exist!!!
Though the plight of the world, the plight of people in various nations is horrific, did we as mankind really need something like this to shake us up and tell us 'STOP', nothing, absolutely nothing you do, earn, conquer, or create matters if you yourselves are not safe? Because, that is exactly what the world is going through. It's as if everything has come to a standstill...... frozen. Eerily frozen, because of fear - a fear of being a possible victim, a fear of being the next casualty figure, a fear of being the next one who will not have a ventilator, a fear of being infected.
It is sad that it has taken the fear of death for people to be concerned about what is happening in another distant land, but then again, the concern is from a standpoint of the possibility of the virus being at our doorstep.
Will this be a lesson for us? Will these lessons from the pandemic, the loss, the grief, the fear stay with us long enough for us to remember that nature intended the world to be one without borders, religions and governments? Will this be a lesson for us that we are first and always mankind and that has to be priority and the only way we ought to see each other?
I wonder.......
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