Just like anyone else in the world, I have been watching the latest news on Coronavirus Pandemic. Every time I see the hospital scenes with patiences on the respiratory devices, I am going through emotional surge, re-living the moments when we lost a person closed to our hearts in the ICU. At least we were able to say “good bye” to our friend. But the most of the Coronavirus victems were doing without families and friends around – it makes my heart sink deep for them.
In the amid of tragedies, there were survival stories and heroic acts of medical personnel. It makes us hopeful and it reminds us that we see miracles in the people who have hope for tomorrow.
Recently I finally finished reading “Man’s Search for Meaning.” In the book, using his experiences as well as the other prisoners’ accounts in the concentration camps, the author repeatedly reminded us how crucial it was to have hope and goal in your life when facing physical and mental torture and hardships. His wish to see his wife again kept him going and even got lucky enough to be spared from death a few times.
It is not easy to be hopeful and optimistic when you are in deep sorrow and pain. But I feel that love always bring different perspectives in life even under difficult circumstance. Love for my family and friends gave me the strength I so desperately needed when I went through my difficulty.
As I pass by strangers in the social distance on my walk, I wish that everyone stays safe and want to tell that we will come out more vital than ever with love and hope.
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