I took my toddler son to the playground as soon as it reopened. One day, we met an elderly woman there who asked if she could play with him. At that time, the borders were still closed and she told me how much she longed to be reunited with her...
COVID Reflections
Is Covid-19 a blessing or a curse? Do we live in a friendly or hostile universe? Like a child balancing on a fallen coconut trunk, so are we finding our balance during these uncertain times. And sometimes it just takes a shift in the way we look at things so that the things we look at change. COVID Reflections are collective attempts to meaningfully reframe and make sense of the pandemic.
What’s your new normal superpower?
Uncertain times are the perfect times to grow new normal superpowers. To be okay home alone. To transcend fear and hope. And be completely fine where we are. To move from enduring to thriving. And make the pandemic work for us, not to us. Philippine embassy in...
“Maybe this is not a silent war that we cannot win but simply the earth’s way to reset and balance.”
Covid-19 might simply be the earth’s way to reset and balance. If the earth were human, it would probably see us as the pesky virus. The earth would probably want to get rid of us as much as we want to get rid of Covid-19.
“Even if I’m okay and my family is okay, if others are not okay, then it’s still not okay.”
Solidarity, not isolation, leads to long-term sustainable solutions. Because even if I’m okay and my family is okay, if others are not okay, then it’s still not okay.
“Living alone makes every time I am with others an opportunity to really enjoy their company.”
We’ve been so busy we’ve stopped having deep conversations. Thanks to the pandemic, we’re slowing down and reconnecting with ourselves, with our families, with our friends, and making many new friends!
“Sometimes losing everything helps us live more fully.”
Covid-19 has stripped us of our identities and made us realize that we are not our jobs, our possessions, our money. When we have nothing left, who are we? When we can’t go out, what’s the best way to live?