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From The Pastor's Typewriter
What Will We Be When This Is Over?
I ask myself every day, “Who will I be when this pandemic is over?” Out of untroubled fear, will I become a neurotic, indisposed individual with ideas of doom and gloom for the remainder of my years (I haven’t got many left, by the way). Will I walk around with a thermometer in my mouth like James Dean in the 1950s wearing a toothpick like a permanent dental fixture?
What about the incessant hand washing and sanitizing? Will I end up with skin grafts as a result of overwashing? And how about all those wonderful social graces taught by my mother and father – what will happen to them? When someone proceeds to shake my hand, will I recoil like a rattlesnake ready to strike at the slightest movement on the part of my opponent? By their very nature, pandemics can make us kookier if we allow them to.
Or will I become overadjusted to the future, becoming fearless regardless of consequences to myself or others? Will I become a fatalistic risk enhancer, a term born out of the early years of the HIV infection, a formidable and deadly experience to many. For many, the party has resumed and it is as if the nice weather has chased away the blues. I don’t know who I will be in the future. I do know that, because I am following scientists and doctors and not radio announcers and fools, at least I will BE. As for those who trust their intuition, well – God bless them!
Stay smart. Stay safe. Stay Well!!!
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