How many of us have been praying for a cure for this virus? How hard and how frequent? Do we pray for a science breakthrough? Or the healing of the infected ones? Should we channel the intensity of our devotion for the change of “hearts” of the people in power ? So that they may finally realize that not so many of us are pulling their lives through. However, it’s not enough. Specially when the “hearts” have been hardened by greed, malice and selfishness.
We have to keep our voices heard. We got to be critical on which issues are noteworthy and which one are just intended to divide us further. They are already in a winning streak of turning us against each other and they are champions in getting people pacified with all the distractions available (e.g. hobbies or shows, music or art forms intended to make people forget of the reality either for a short or long time, things that are made to be consumed and get satisfaction from).
I keep recalling the Jostein Gaarder’s book Sophie’s World not just this recent but every time I feel sad about people being too content. It was mentioned on one of the chapters how people are just like being born on the tip of a white rabbit’s hair. As they grow older, they get busy and get themselves deeper into the fur and forget to go back to the tip because it’s much more comfortable down there than just clinging onto the tip of a hair strand.
Just a passing thought while helping out my child reading an almanac about video games:
I wish the cure is something as easy as what Dr. Mario had way back 1991:
