Like HIV/AIDS before it, COVID has become a test of our humanity. Casually dismissing the deaths of 1000s daily is a way of saying, “but they weren’t like me.” They were old or unhealthy. Time was up. Truth is, all of us should be taking all of this very personally.
The world is moving too fast. We want everything done in the blink of an eye. We can't wait, we can't stay still. It's always a race between us and the time, and time usually wins which frustrates us. But what, if for a moment we stop, we grasp out breath and just live.