We all are still sheltering in place, but I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?
New Normal. Forever-changed. These phrases and many more similar ones are thrown around with abandon, but what might this actually mean?
Now that we've had people get sick from a virus, no one will ever go out in public again?
That doesn't make any sense.
Once this first wave of panic is over, we'll go back to shaking hands without washing them?
That doesn't seem likely either.
If I'm not mistaken, we haven't seen plague doctor masks in actual use in many centuries. So the new normal from the bubonic plague / black death seems to have given way to a more normal normal after some time.
After all, people are people. We are created for relationship, and staying away from everyone else will no doubt cause huge increases in emotional problems, depression, mental illness.
I am not saying there's no virus out there - obviously it's there, it's virulent (clever wording, eh?), and it's very dangerous to certain people - what I am saying is it's not the end of the world. Not even the end of the world as we know it. I feel fine, how about you?
So, someday we'll all be back to sporting events, restaurants, worship services in actual sanctuaries, concerts and singing in public, all the things that are deadly today. I, for one, can't wait for the end of our new viral overlord's rule.
Keep Calm and Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?
New Normal. Forever-changed. These phrases and many more similar ones are thrown around with abandon, but what might this actually mean?
Now that we've had people get sick from a virus, no one will ever go out in public again?
That doesn't make any sense.
Once this first wave of panic is over, we'll go back to shaking hands without washing them?
That doesn't seem likely either.
If I'm not mistaken, we haven't seen plague doctor masks in actual use in many centuries. So the new normal from the bubonic plague / black death seems to have given way to a more normal normal after some time.
After all, people are people. We are created for relationship, and staying away from everyone else will no doubt cause huge increases in emotional problems, depression, mental illness.
I am not saying there's no virus out there - obviously it's there, it's virulent (clever wording, eh?), and it's very dangerous to certain people - what I am saying is it's not the end of the world. Not even the end of the world as we know it. I feel fine, how about you?
So, someday we'll all be back to sporting events, restaurants, worship services in actual sanctuaries, concerts and singing in public, all the things that are deadly today. I, for one, can't wait for the end of our new viral overlord's rule.
Keep Calm and Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.
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