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Glass half full or half empty?

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 From the last few days, I've seen people taking care of others, I've also seen people abandoning others because of the disease, I've seen people with belief, also seen people losing hope, I've seen people wearing masks and following precautions, I've also seen people who were spitting on the road, some are suffering from the disease and some are suffering from the "Actual disease" which is lack of humanity, knowledge and kindness. Many of us have spent the last few months sitting back, subject to a rollercoaster of information that has switched between supporting our hopes and occasionally verifying our fears.  There have also been several disappointments as the dates for the virus's extinction have passed us by—  summer, rainy and winter seasons — while the infection continues to spread. We straddle a dilemma between optimism and pessimism, trust and doubt, in the way we acquire information. Optimism refers to positive future expectations, whereas pe...

What steps to take during time of crisis?

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The crisis is all we hearing right now through the news. There is good news, bad news, how to cope up with anxiety news, what to eat during COVID time news, where and how to get oxygen cylinders news, unavailability of beds in the hospital's news, how to work from home during lockdown news, this news, that news is what my mind is filled up with. The whole news thing mostly said, "This is a crisis like no other" and there is substantial uncertainty about its impact on peoples lives and livelihoods. The world is facing a crisis as a result of the pandemic or are we facing the pandemic as a result of the climate crisis? one way or the other, it is affecting all of us. What if the news before the crisis was about people planting more trees to get oxygen, what if the news was about how people opposed the destruction of forest and wildlife, what if the news headlines were "The usage of plastic decreased drastically", what if the news was about how workspaces have a b...