Toilet paper was sold out-
We had to stay at home
So What?
Restaurants closed
Takeout became the new norm
So What?
Offices were closed
People worked from home
So What?
Some lost their jobs
new careers were started
So What?
Facemasks were required
Hands needed to be sanitized
So What?
We got stimulus money
It wasn’t enough
So What?
Life changed
We were forced to adjust
So What?
Millions died
We are still here
That matters!
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Daily writing prompt
How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?
So many touched with loss and so few even acknowledged that fact… we as a society should do better.
well said
Thank you so munch, Mangus. And welcome to my little blog.
Yes, and life goes on.
You have done so well to link today’s selfishness to Covid
It is absolutely amazing to me that we hardly ever (as a nation) ever really acknowledge all the lives lost. We should still be in mourning, in my opinion. Powerful words, Bridget.
Our world is moving to fast, we can hardly take a breath between the next headline bringing us more bad news. 31 killed in Gaza, 2,800 dead in Myanmar, another shooting downtown, fatal accidents…and more to come. We don’t take our time to mourn, neither do we take the time to adjust or digest.
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In the end, your point that “There are still more good people out there than bad.” is what really matters!
Terrible things happened during the pandemic, and I’m afraid it’s like the genie in the bottle, once he’s out he won’t go back in again.
Has anybody ever wished the genie back in the bottle?
The “so what?” that really REALLY bothered me is that we had a chance to do better, to be nicer to each other, to be more considerate, to not take things for granted, and we didn’t. They declared the pandemic over, and we went back to polluting the planet, being nasty to each other, kept the isolation, and manufacturing fears despite overwhelming evidence. We stopped trusting people and poohpoohed “scientists” and “experts” suspecting them of collusion. We continued with the worst part of the pandemic reaction which wasn’t the masks and the sanitizer or even the toilet paper. The masks were for the benefit of those around us, the sanitizer also reduced flu and other touch-transferred diseases, and the lack of toilet paper forced us to be creative and even set up a bartering system. The worst part was continued isolation and mistrust.
It bothers me too but in the end, it’s up to me to focus on my life, because what others do, or how they react, that’s out of my control.
“To be nicer” and most importantly, “To grow” as human beings and as society, that should always the the main goal. Sadly, as you stated correctly, it’s seldom the case.
Or perhaps there are many like me and you, we are just quiet and the ones who trample science and lack empathy and sympathy, the ones who don’t think about the weakest of the weak and the poorest of the poor, but only about themselves, maybe they have gotten too loud -which doesn’t mean they are in the majority.
There are still more good people out there than bad.
Considering the issues we have now, the pandemic doesn’t seem so bad after all. Except of course for all those poor souls who died. A great poem.
You are so right.