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rosada

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State one thing you feel the world pandemic has taught you.
I’ll go first.

I used to think not having enough time was keeping me from cleaning the house.
Now I know that wasn’t it. :p
 
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State one thing you feel the world pandemic has taught you .... I used (to) think not having enough time was keeping me from cleaning the house. Now I know that wasn’t it.
Yes, I think that might be up there in my top ten lessons as well! And just when I thought I was running out of excuses! And it doesn't help that no one will be coming to visit in the forseeable future - which gives me even less incentive!

Another thing I've noticed - not sure if it's a lesson or not - is that people can be incredibly kind to each other in the face of so much danger!

Best, D.
 

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I used to think not having enough time was keeping me from cleaning the house.
Now I know that wasn’t it. :p

I just learned that one too. :)

And I learned that we should do the things that bring us joy. I started making art again after a 30 year pause, It's really fun, everything from the process to seeing the looks on peoples faces when they see it.
 

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Who the important people are in our society, the people we can't function without who currently risk their lives now just by doing their jobs and are often seen as 'unskilled' and are low paid.

Bus drivers - 9 or more UK bus drivers have died from coronavirus. The news of a local one the other day affected me a fair bit - he had children, he should have been given better protection.
Delivery drivers and postmen, shop workers, everyone involved in the production and distribution of food.
Nurses of course, number of whom have now died and all the cleaners and porters in hospitals - all those people who literally risk their lives every day so we can stay home to stay safe. The refuse collection truck workers- who actually got a round of applause to day I saw on TV. Drs also have died from the virus because they went to work to help other people. Carers too, low paid and low status have died because they went to work to help others.

The list could go on but I just think it's really stark and obvious at this point in time who we need the most, just to survive. I think in the UK anyway there's quite a shift in attitude to who is valuable in society....and oh it turns out largely the people saving us/feeding us/nursing us/caring for us are among the lowest paid.

Also it's really shifted attitudes to young people, students for example who have turned out massively to volunteer to help the vulnerable. There is now quite a reliance on these young people and so suddenly instead of being 'kids' they really have shown great maturity and selflessness in supporting the community.

Also the nearly miraculous can happen because of this. Violent opposing gangs used to delivering drugs now calling a truce and working together to deliver food. Sure it may not last but it is incredible.
 
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How many edible greens grow in my garden all by themselves!
 

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people can be incredibly kind to each other in the face of so much danger
Yes, that one too. Favourite recent kindnesses:
  • people in a gardening group posting one another spare seeds (because they're mostly out of stock)
  • the sprigs of sage left outside someone's front drive for passers-by to help themselves
  • a friend posting me an 'emergency care package' of good chocolate
Oh, and one that's too long a story for a bullet point. The local Stroke Club is meeting online; a fellow-volunteer suggested we all bring something Spring-themed today. I decided to bring a Spring-themed 'cello piece to play for them - but what? I asked in the 'Internet 'Cello Society' Facebook group. (Finding 'cello pieces that don't require a piano accompaniment is tricky.)

People made suggestions. And one woman piped up to say there was a short piece she'd written for string trio, and she could arrange that for solo 'cello. (She just needed to find out how to enter semiquaver triplets on Musescore...) So she did, and wrote it up and sent it to me. It's a very sweet, short tune, like a folksong, and I played it for the Club today.
 

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State one thing you feel the world pandemic has taught you.
That to have a nice house to live in is very important, a safe place with a nice view from your window. It's a sort of confirmation as I had already thought it mattered but now I know it for sure.
I have also had a confirmation of my time wasting habit! a month has gone by and I have baked a lot, organized a few things but not as much as I could have. Some days just go by without me knowing where they have gone.
But after all when asking for a suggestion on how to live this quarantine, I first got the drink and eat waiting line, then an unchanging 2. Time to relax for sure!
 

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