For a few weeks, I have been looking at the sky and worrying about the clouds far away. I often felt alone in my worries.
Today, everyone around me shares this fear, this anxiety about an invisible enemy that lurks in the shadows… everywhere.
The great storm is here…
The challenge of our generation has arrived.
We will never be the same after.
This afternoon, I felt uneasy. I spent a mindless few hours looking at the news and messaging friends. Eventually, I could not take it anymore, I saw the sun and I followed it straight to the forest.
As much as I wanted to worry, I realized something wonderful. Spring is here. The snow is melting. I could feel life wanting to come out of the earth.
My worries and my anxieties dissolved by this spectacle of life. One feeling emerged: resolve. One conviction surfaced: life will go on. One thought came to my mind: we can survive. One word appeared in mind: together.
We can survive together.
I repeated this phrase a few times and I felt the conviction rise.
And then, as if the universe wanted to send me a sign, the most significant song that could ever be was heard in my airpods: Corey Hart Never Surrender.
So my message of hope today, after I ran to the sun is:
We can survive together, just never surrender.
My dear friends, be safe.
Be together.
Never surrender to fear and anxiety.
Find your resolve.
And never forget to be generous and kind to your fellow human beings.
We are all involved in this war.
We must stand… together.
Thank you for sharing.
Martin Pham Dinh 