The historical pandemic

What we are experiencing now is history. It is something many of us never thought we would experience in our lifetimes and the last time the world had to come together in such as way can only be lightly likened to the world war. 

The current pandemic is showing us much more than just the statistics that we see on the news. We have seen the best and worst of humanity over these past few months and I like to think that most of it, is positive. At points, we have shown our true colours and allowed our selfishness to shine through with our stockpiling and seeing friends and family 'because it won't affect us'. But we have also seen so much community. We have built numerous hospitals, the government has paid for the majority of wages, all of our key workers have come together to heal the sick and thousands of volunteers have come forward to help. Neighbours are looking out for each other and people are praising the NHS like never before.

We have had to change how we are living in every way. Children are no longer going to school and people are no longer going to work, families are spending more time together than ever and exams have been cancelled. Not every change is beneficial for the individual itself and I do understand that there are stresses that this brings, but by doing so we can be saving thousands of lives.

It's important to take stock of this time. We are unlikely to get this amount of time to work on ourselves, make change and spend time with our families, ever again. We get so caught up in the busyness of daily life that having this emptiness can make us feel lost and have no purpose, but perhaps now is the time to really understand what it is that we want and how we can improve. Take the chance to be at one with nature and just sit still.

Keep sticking to the advice and rules and these restrictions will be lifted sooner or later. At the end of the day we cannot change situation, but only adapt and accept it. This is a small price to pay for saving a person that someone can't bear to be without. 

Remember, just because there may have to be physical distance, doesn't mean that there has to be distance between how you communicate. It's a tough and worrying time for all involved so make sure you reach out.

Look after yourselves.