In it together

I don’t know how much I will write about this, but I feel like it is so important to stay up and to be supportive of each other right now.  In my lifetime there has been nothing before like the Coronavirus 19 pandemic – nothing that has effected each and every person across the planet one way another.  Okay, maybe there are some people on a remote island somewhere, or on the southern tip of Africa, who are free of concern.   But, almost all people on planet earth are consumed right now with staying healthy and trying to keep CV–19 at bay.

We are scared.  We are unsure of how bad it will get.  We are wondering how long we will have to ‘socially distance’ ourselves and to keep out of group experiences.    Life as we know it will be different for quite a while.

But, we are in it together.

For this period of time, however long it takes, we are in it together.   We have to be together to make Coronavirus-19 go away, or at least for the graph curve to go way down.    Each of us can play a part.

In this time of such division, especially here in the US, this virus is bringing us together.   Politics and game playing, and red & blue, and rural vs. urban, and south, north, east, west, ALL of it…  people everywhere are effected.   Every color, every sexual choice, every background, ethnicity, and even every age.   The elderly and those compromised health-wise are more subject to getting a severe case of it, but others can be carriers.    The poor, the hourly wage employees, And the small business owners are going to get hit hard.   Households are going to lose income and tempers are going to flare.   Children are going to miss out on important education.

But, remember: we are in this together.

This HAS to be a time of compassion and unity.   This has to be a time of prioritizing, and of learning patience.   This has to be a time to leave our selfish ways behind.

if we don’t, I worry.   In fact I don’t even want to go there.    I used to worry about another world war, and cyber attacks, and chemical warfare.   This didn’t really cross my mind as something to change us all.   A virus!

So, we must constantly lift each other up!  We must continue to care, and to laugh, and to ‘try’ to remain normal.  We need to get outdoors, and we need to share, and pray.

We are just at the very beginning of this pandemic.  It won’t get easier as days go by.  We will have more hardships and frustrations.   We will be testing ourselves in many ways in the coming days.    We will cry.  We will get mad.

But, remember, through time people have endured unbelievable horrible events and plagues.   They have persevered.  Today we have modern medicine and wonderful technology.  We have much to be thankful for as we go forward.

Never forget:    We are in this together.