Serendipity in the Pandemic
Lately, I have been feeling a sense of peace, out of the chaos of my surroundings that I should not be accounted for. It was beyond peace, a peculiar sense of “excitement” rushed through my mind.
Why do I feel relived all the sudden?
To feel relieved, is too precious. I don’t think life is just full of love and purpose, it is also filled with malevolence and misfortune, this is why serendipities and love have values and perhaps become one of the most underestimated gifts of being.
I am a self-aware person, it was a bold statement to make claims on your positive emotions amid an outbreak in which the city is closing down, thousands of people are being infected daily, many of them died.
Yes — this is Hong Kong, it’s not going well. Though, where does this excitement come from? I don’t normally get this feeling and this is probably what this piece of writing is about, to explore this kind of “excitement” under the pandemic. And, to find people who share this feeling.
I shared my perception of such “excitement” to some of my close friends about this conflict between my feeling and rational thought, surprisingly they also share this subtle feeling. Whatever this “excitement” was, at least some people felt that.
I remembered — One time, a woman who was in her 50s once told me — Your generation had it easier, you should be grateful for it.
At first thought, I don’t know how to respond to this statement.
I agree with the latter but I don’t think the former is the pre-requisite to the gratefulness.
Did GenZ live too much of a prosperous life that we were born to have what we need and now… we only chase for what we want?
“The anxiety is always there, we are just being anxious about different topics.”
This was my response to the seemingly not sarcastic comment to Gen Z.
I conclued, this sense of inappropriate excitement come from a gift from the pandemic — A shared purpose that life has offered us that arose from our anxiety. Hence, we no longer have to “create one” solely for ourselves. I guess this is where our gratefulness should be directed to.
We crave undeniable purpose and we finally had it easier.
The shared purpose is to be aware of the crumbling surroundings and embrace an era of uncertainty.
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