You need to excuse me on this post, it is NOT going to be as positive as I would like to be... it is going to be more real..
For the past several days/ weeks, I have been getting news about near and dear ones like all of you. A recent one about a caretaker from my kid's school - She was not only sweet and caring but also cooked for all the kids in the school, with so much love.. she fell a victim to COVID, and worse it was because she could not find a bed with a ventilator on time!
I come from the temple city of Madurai, and the news from there is how the entire priest community who look after Goddess Meenakshi have been affected. A very close priest friend has passed away due to COVID, while his wife is in the hospital... having recently lost her dad, husband and some of her relatives!
Yesterday, I was reading the newspaper, something I try hard not to do... and saw this picture of a very successful business man and what struck me first was that he was very well-to-do and he joined this list of really rich people falling prey to this virus!
Well, it is heart-breaking and shows how this dreaded disease goes beyond all religion, social strata, and even age as we see, with this new variant. It is sad but also teaches us super-humans that life is fickle. And death is really much more powerful than all of us, in spite of where we are and what we do...
I guess my undying optimism is not going to let me end this blog on a sad note.. we shall overcome this as well. We have got our lessons, this is a fight against humanity and we will fight this virus and its terrible effects on us!
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