Someone shared this really helpful article âThat discomfort youâre feeling is griefâ (from the Harvard Business Review), with reflections on the pandemic and our current responses to it. It offers some ideas that address my discombobulation that I mentioned in my post Doh. Worth a read:
https://hbr.org/2020/03/that-discomfort-youre-feeling-is-grief
…and here is such a wonderfully Italian musical response to the situation that I am finding so uplifting this morning. Listen and be transported and heartened:
Hereâs a link with the translation of the lyrics. No wonder it resonates so much. The whole opera is set during the Babylonian exile of the Jews, when their question was, âHow shall we sing the Lordâs song in a strange land?â. This piece (from Verdiâs opera Nabucco) is known in English as The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, struggling with their difficult reality. They wouldnât have known if/when their struggle might end. Translation here: https://www.yusypovych.com/eng/Va-pensiero-English-translation/
I guess fear is âanticipatory griefâ when you think your coauthorâs family can grant you the right to change what âgriefâ means. Weâre the first generation to introspect, orly owl? Iâm not angry at the blithering shitgibbon, Iâm in stage 2 grief for the hundreds of thousands who are needlessly going to die because hope is not a flyable plan. Well, yes, that too.
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