Unfortunately, this pandemic has brought out a lot of emotions – extreme sorrow over loss, fright, worry, selfishness and even anger toward others.
If I may address the one emotion dominating social media now: anger.
Perhaps if we as a country considered the golden rule – “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” our current state would be different.
It is out of care for others that decisions have been made: to spare human life, to lessen human suffering. I think each of us would claim to care for our fellow mankind. Yet how are we personally displaying this care in the midst of this pandemic? What are our words and actions showing regarding caring for others as we would wish to be cared for if we were in their shoes?
It is for those who would risk serious health consequences from this disease that we exercise caution.
Or let’s be really serious –
Do any one of us truly wish to catch this disease?
Perhaps your area has not seen the numerous cases like other areas. By experience, you do not know the terror of getting sick that some face or the heart-wrending agony of having lost someone to this disease.
Be gracious to others. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
This disease is serious, trust me.
It is easy to push it off as nothing, sitting in my home, isolated from the enemy that has invaded the world. Life seems normal enough. There seems to be nothing to be worried about.
Then, I step out. It is a whole-other world. Reality hits. The seriousness hits.
You may not be living where numerous individuals in your town have passed. We hope your town stays that way. As for those who live where the ambulances pass by frequently, where friends are sick, where people in town have died, we know the reality of this. We respect the seriousness of this disease, and we wish for others to be spared from it.
Act wisely. Be careful. Care for others.