



And for a moment the world simply stood.









A catastrophe







A situation that we never thought we could have reached. Thousands of people infected and deaths caused by a virus that a few weeks ago seemed just something that was far away causing chaos in China. But how the hell was it going to reach Europe? Weren't we untouchable? At least that's what we thought. We saw our Italian neighbours suffering at first in the western world, but even though, nobody imagined that it could splash us this much and this fast.











Anyway, it was something kind of strange. A virus? Out of nowhere? In 2020? Scientists claim that it came from chinese people in Wuhan eating bats and some sort of asian armadillos called pangolins... As ex-shanghainese resident i can confirm that they eat a lot of weird stuff, even i did too at the time, but who could believe such a statement? :)

Ok, fine... SARS, Ebola, A flu, mad cow disease... What if all this were previous attempts of whoever is trying to achieve whatever he/she is trying to achieve? I don't really want to be too "conspiranoic" about it.











However, the way in which every government tried to hide the first cases and the start of the coronavirus pandemic makes me suspect. Biological weapon? Economic EEUU-China war? Maybe, who knows. The fact is that as insignificant citizens we're having to deal with it anyhow.













It may be a way in which Mother Nature is making a readjustment. Overpopulation, Pollution, lack of resources, selfishness, global warming... To be honest, we have fully deserved it.











But how has this really affected us?

Fights in the malls over toilet paper, supply shortages, and business closing so far, but what about the impact on the economy that this is about to have?







Both clinics in Spain and France, where i recently started working shut down, and a 40 day confinement for now, with the government under state of alarm, situation that hadn't happened since the black plague in the 14th century.







But somehow we have to look at the bright side of all this. It's a stop. A warning that we are not as invulnerable as we thought we were. A standstill to take a deep breath and take some perspective. And above all, a hiatus of this frenetic modern life rhythm that we have adopted.











After all, you wake up every morning, drink your coffe in one gulp, supersonic shower, uniform, and off you go to your cubicle. There hours, weeks, months and years pass, enjoying what you do or wishing it to end soon, hoping that the weekend, Xmas or summer arrives soon so you can have that tiny free time frame to yourself.















The thing is that you reach a point where you have so many pending issues that the available time you have is insufficient to complete or even start all those beautiful plans and tasks that wait on queue and accumulate in the back of your brain











And without us knowing it, all of them occupy certain space in us causing unconscious frustration when they are not attended, and in fact, they are what gives us meaning, fulfill us, and make us happy.













This universal pause , has been a great opportunity to get off the relentless wheel that goes round and round everyday and realize that certain things are priceless. Among those: enjoying a book, a delicious breakfast without haste, sunbathe in the balcony, practicing some fitness or yoga at home, watching a movie without worrying about bedtime, cleaning up the house or getting the paperwork done.









Taking with your friends and relatives, listening to some music on Spotify or Youtube and catching up with that abandoned foreign language that you finally wished to start once and for all.













In this way and with this unusual personal tune-up, life surprisingly starts to make sense again. Body and mind aren't tired anymore, nor stressed, angry or sad.





































And yes, the situation at the hospitals is truly dramatic , and we can only wish for the best to all the people that were unfortunate enough to catch that damned virus. Also, we should thank all of our health professionals because of the amazing labor that they are carrying out.







But to those fortunate ones that still have good health, the least we can do is confront this situation in the most positive and creative way we can and learn out of it to experiment a natural rebirth of our most forgotten and authentic selves.















@lepaidret



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