Monday marks the end of the lockdown rules.
I’m sure most people, if not everyone, will be glad to see the back of masks & isolation. They will jump for joy at not needing to measure the distances between people in queues ( although I have appreciated not feeling so suffocated when people crowd in in shops ) & feel pleasure in not having to turn away friends from their table of 6 in the pub.
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But does this also mean we’ll see an end to our lauding of our NHS and seeing our ambulance drivers as heroes? Will we once again leave our heroes in the pages of comic books and behind movie screens?
It took an epic crisis for us to see that those everyday people who push to their limits every day to help us are worthy of praise and respect. It shouldn’t take another for us to carry that truth with us.
It’s not just been NHS and other care workers either; A car mechanic went above and beyond the other day, making a disaster of a day into something I could turn around; Delivery drivers made sure so many of us were supported while isolating & so many workers risked illness or death to make sure the lights stayed on and leaks were fixed.
All these people have been heroes & now we get to carry a gift of seeing that, with us out of this crisis. Lets not miss this opportunity to remember in our rush to be normal again.
Lets get out there and live but lets also realise that others have put effort and care into making our lives easier, safer & more supported, and that they still do today, tomorrow & every day.
It’s time to look up and remember. To look and see what people have given and still give. To not think, ‘Oh, I’m so important and they’re just a …….’, or judge them on appearances, but instead to praise who they are and what they offer to our lives every day.
Musings of Waking in the World 