In 2020, the beginning of the new decade set foot, as well as the beginning of a new movement in life. We had to stay indoors and distance ourselves from one another physically and to regularly sanitize our surroundings. We had to learn how to use masks and face shields when we went out. Getting from where we used to be to a new and improved place at the end of the line isn’t easy as it seems. No one ever said that working towards a better normal would be easy.
Given the newly-experienced pandemic, we can heartbreakingly infer that life’s old motions won’t ever be the same. Years of freedom in public and private spaces, in having the relief of coming home without a single worry of a fatal virus, all of this changed the moment the new coronavirus arose. And at that moment, people from all over the world were lectured on the idea of a “new normal.” Yes we learn and we adapt, but do we actually accept these facts?
What we are facing isn’t just any regular change, it is a new way of “moving” in life. Therefore, we have to do better, and we should not only avoid repeating our mistakes but we should also find new silver linings in our lives. We are obligated to have faith in ourselves for ourselves and to work towards a better normal than just a newer one, which is arguably much too important to leave in the hands of public officials who haven’t stepped up to the challenge. I believe we need to promise ourselves to act better in the New Normal because there is no one else that will do it but us, the people who are already suffering at this time. This is for our humanity. This is a war ultimately inside of us, and we are being challenged to have the courage and strength to cooperate and maintain a new world that we haven’t encountered before.
I say, in order to cope with this horrid of a time, find other purposes for yourselves rather than just waking up in the morning to go to work or school Find elements in your life to hold on to, instead of dreading the present situation constantly and wishing for the past. It does not matter to me if it is having a snack with your friends at a convenience store at five in the morning or watering your plants in the garden to feel the sun. The pandemic showed us that plans or schedules can easily be replaced and demolished. Nothing is permanent. Remember that the “new normal” isn’t something to despise, it’s an event to help us live through and survive the virus with safety..
I know it’s an obstacle basically looking at you right in the face, even defining itself as a mission for you to accomplish, but do not lose sense and urgency to what’s important. Some choose to support “health is wealth.” I say you have the freedom to choose what to listen to and support. I choose to listen to the voice and war inside of us that is present and invading our homes. The one that screams “desire and confusion,” over “discipline and sense,” these two battle in our heads and baffle all the precautions we need but refuse to strictly follow because it doesn’t go along with the plans you had in a world with nothing to fear. Some would even say it is a waste of energy and resources to do something for our health and safety when they are things that can’t be guaranteed.. I get it, It is a huge change and something to not only take in but actively apply in our lives. But it is even a bigger risk if we don’t choose to understand and destroy the dangerous virus. So what should we do? We are a species fully capable of knowledge. Therefore we decide what we get to do, and sometimes they aren’t that clear to everyone. But I do beg of you to adapt in your own ways with common sense and real safety in mind. Not only for your loved ones, for yourself and for your country. We must choose to make a better normal instead of only a new one.
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