Pandemic Lessons
So
sad that it took a worldwide pandemic where hundreds of thousands had to die.
And while we were hunkering down at home...
We learned we could persevere. We worked and took lessons from home. People
cooked more but also ate more junk food. Banana cake was the salvation.
We got to know our family much better. We learned to share, laugh and cry
together.
It was like it used to be in the old days. Folks actually learned to live
without. Even go without toilet paper.
We worried about our elderly family members making sure they were ok. It was
difficult to to keep up with their health though we still checked in on them often.
We discovered this strange thing called zoom. We met friends and family for
holidays and even special events on zoom.
We had drive-by celebrations with decorated cars.
A funny thing happened though while we were in pandemic mode. Animals that
hadn’t been seen in years crawled out of the woodwork and multiplied. Bugs came
back in droves. Parts of the eco system, long damaged by man’s pollution, began
to flourish again. The rivers cleared up and the smog went away. The sky was
clear.
Lots of jobs were lost and the economy suffered. The ying and the yang.
People learned how to be nice (mostly).
At last, after what seemed like an eternity, a vaccine or three were developed.
The world started getting back to the new normal.
It took longer because quite a few refused to get the shot. (another story
for another day.)
People were moving out of the noisy, dirty, expensive cities in search of a
cleaner place to live. Fresh air, water and trees.
I hope we learned a valuable lesson. Hopefully we won’t have to repeat it
because apparently it isn’t over yet.
That was excellent, Shelly.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you boil it down and tell it like it is, or was or should be, snd this time, no funny comments.
ReplyDeleteThe question is:
Did we really learn a few things and will we move forward, or will we revert?
I recently went on the neighborhood app after a long absence, and was sorry
I did. The same bitching, nasty comments and potty mouthes were everpresent.
I want to be kind, but people aren’t always kind in return. That makes me both sad
And feeling retaliative. So Im off the app again. I’m not sure I want everything to return to normal and of course I mean the way people talk at other people. Notice I did t say to others, but at them. We’ve forgotten the fundamentals of how to speak, act and behave toward others.
We all deserve respect even if we’re wrong, we deserve respect for being who we are, for the color of our skin, for the language we speak, for our abilities and disabilities; and I wonder if we are ever to achieve this, at least in my lifetime. I will soon be 78 and I’m sad to say that I’m often ashamed of the race I am a member of.
What have we learned that we will actively carry forward outside of feeling and being closer to our loved ones? Lately, I’m not sure we’ve learned very much. I listen to the .t.v and read the papers and it doesnt feel much different to me. ☹️