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Publisher’s Note
Learning Lessons from Covid-19
As we head towards the end of Covid-19 or so, as it crowded markets, mask-less population going
seems, the light at the end of the lockdown tunnel about their business as usual as though nothing
is reason enough for us to feel elated. The return had happened. Now with the lockdown seemingly
to restaurants and pubs, festivals, travel and the over, people are looking for a promise that we
chance to hold and hug the loved ones we haven’t won’t be thrust into yet another lockdown, and if
seen for far too long. Go for a drive on a weekend something does happen the medical system will be
and you will see hundreds of cars, families, bikers in a position to cope. Despite feeling that the end is
out in the open. Picnic basket, chattai and durries. in sight, news of new variants persists. There is a
There is a new kind of pressure to rush out and see nagging feeling that Covid is going to be around for
our loved ones. The new normal; the old normal a long time. There is also a primitive desire to get
feels a little uncertain and unfamiliar. Setting up away from the chaos and regain a sense of control.
personal boundaries that many of us never had to There have been a lot of learning lessons from the
do in the past is a challenge. pandemic and its aftermath. Acknowledging that
Going at your own pace and not feeling we are grieving, businesses have been destroyed,
pressurised or coerced into doing things that you people have lost livelihoods, freedoms and in
are not comfortable with, which includes meeting some cases loved ones to Covid. The trauma is still
old friends and family. The thought of socialising not over and each one is looking for a fresh-start
again and choosing a few friends over the others moment. This has been an opportunity to learn
can have their own repercussions. Being clear more about ourselves and how we want to live our
about what you’re comfortable and uncomfortable lives. Each one of us has experienced loss and we
with ensures nothing is misconstrued and nobody recognise that grieving is natural and necessary if
feels rejected. This can be especially true if your we are to progress towards rebuilding.
dreading having a conversation telling a friend that
you don’t want to see them just yet and hoping they
would understand.
The inconsistent approach of governments,
workplaces, schools add to the uncertainty about Vickram Sethi
how to take life forward. Images on television of Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
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