The fear in people’s faces, the anxiety constantly enhanced by exchange of social media forwards has become part of life. There used to be a proverb, “Do not be so busy making a living that you forget how to live.” Now I think there are people who need to be told, “Do not be so desperate to live that you forget that you have to make a living.”
I feel there is life beyond all the so-called horrifying things that are thrown at us from time to time. I have lived through enough natural and man-made crises to truly accept that “This too shall pass…..”
Let me share something very thrilling: There was totally unexpected torrential rain a few days ago. I just walked out (without my mask, don’t tell anyone) and thoroughly enjoyed getting wet, feeling the raindrops on my face, relishing the chill weather in the middle of summer, and generally knowing that pandemic or not, the skies will keep pouring their bounties on us….
-Dr. Ali Khwaja
