When unusual hardship comes along, there’s a chance to press reset. What emerges can be tougher, more resourceful, focused and meaning-seeking people than before.
No one has any idea, because it all depends how long it takes, but one thing is for sure: if we as Torah individuals and Jewish communities pick up where we left off, there’s something very wrong with us.
Covid-19 has changed so much of our world, so quickly, that it’s hard to grasp that just two weeks ago we lived a very different existence. Remember normal shopping, driving to the office, or sending kids off to school? In its suddenness and scale, this is a global emergency more like a world war than an illness.
As the new reality of no school, shuttered shops, and living under lockdown dawned, I told my children, “Remember what’s happening now, because your grandchildren will want to know what you did “when the coronavirus came.”
But not only are we living history – depending on how long this all lasts, corona may have a reset effect on many aspects of life.
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