Corona - Change & Books

This has been one of the most radical changes in my daily routine in the whole of my life. I only go out as far as my carport to put the rubbish out, or stand in the doorway, at the appropriate distance, to talk to people who visit. I am communicating a lot more via phone, text, email & Zoom. I have no physical contact with anyone at all. I have lost  the comfort boosting effect of hugging.
https://www.healthline.com/health/hugging-benefits#3
Apparently a good hug should last for 20 seconds. A hug a day keeps the doctor away!

Currently I'm reading two books simultaneously. It's good to be trasported to another persons world during isolation & I love crime fiction. So Donna Leon's "Earthly Remains" has taken me to the Venetian Laguna & the life of "Puparin" rowers on the water. It is also a comparison between the simple rural life of the outer Venetian islands in comparison to the urban city life of Brunetti the detective.

 

The second book is "A New Earth"  by Eckhart Tolle. This is all about change of a different kind. The change we should consider making in ourselves & the world we live in. This is a very apposite message in the "Time of Corona". "We all think too much, seek too much, want too much & forget the joy of just being". We should "let go of fear, anxiety & the eternal quest for more". It tackles the current state of humanity. If there is one thing that Covid 19 is giving us it is the chance to think & to change.

The Corona virus is an opportunity. It has catapulted us into a strange new reality. I've no idea whether this is a grand "Master Plan" of the universe or simply yet another of Man's "cock ups". Probably the latter. Whatever! - we should welcome the opportunities for change we have been given.