Some good things to have come
from the last few months of Hellishness:
Less planes = less pollution.
We put some temporary measures in at work that have
been so successful that we’re going to make them permanent – and they’ll make
life easier for our staff, and customers.
People who used to constantly moan about their own
little gripes and niggles seem to have seen the bigger picture and decided to
stop talking about themselves (in real life, I mean. Social media is still a
hive of selfishness and stupidity)
The little things mean a lot; the material things
seem meaningless.
I only knew Zoom existed because of work issues –
now we get to have regular family get-togethers without having to leave our
homes.
I’ve seen hedgehogs in our garden for the first time
since we moved here.
It was safer – for a while – to bike around the
country lanes. (Now – unfortunately – we’re back to regular traffic and having
to hop in the hedge to avoid motorists speeding around the bends).
People, in general, have developed an appreciation
of my staff, and what our jobs entail. They like the fact that we’re providing
them with necessary products, rather than taking it for granted and treating us
like servants.
Reconnection with the natural world. So many people
have told me they’ve spent time outside – walking footpaths, sitting in the
garden with a cuppa watching birds feed, noticing the way the hedges change in
Spring – whereas before, they couldn’t give two figs about Nature. They seem
better for it, and I hope it continues.
RC 16-7-20
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