My tuppence-worth, today...

As has been said by many – we are seeing the best of some people, and the worst of others, and it’s a shame we can’t all settle somewhere in the middle.

I imagine we will, at some point. When we start getting used to a new routine, and a new way of life, and people realise we’re not all going to die by Summer, or all going to run out of food by Easter, maybe then the country will settle.

It’s just all so big, and so scary. But it’s only scary if you make it too big. If you try to keep on top of everything that’s happening in every country around the world; if you try and sort out how the economy will recover or how a vaccine will ever be mass-produced, then you’re going to feel overwhelmed.

All we have to do right now is look after ourselves and our loved ones, and the vulnerable. The rest is out of our hands. The world’s best scientists are working out the science stuff, so we don’t have to think about that. The world’s best economists are working out the financial stuff, so we don’t have to think about that. The education stuff will be sorted by the education experts, etc, etc, etc.

All we have to do is look after ourselves and our loved ones, and the vulnerable.

That’s all we’re being asked to do. And that’s all we have to think about.

RC 23-3-20