Word of the Week #240:

Catastrophe



NOTE:





Just because a cloud has a silver lining does not mean it isn’t dark.





Just because someone survived a crisis and came out stronger does not mean it wasn’t a crisis.





We might be better off as a species if we stopped calling others’ crises “blessings in disguise”.





What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger? 





No. What doesn’t kill you doesn’t kill you. It can still leave you maimed. Broken. Just barely hanging on.





Let us stop trivialising and delegitimising crises, both present and past.





Let us just stop claiming this pandemic—which has already caused over 1 million deaths, infected over 45 million people, and affected nearly every living human—was the “best thing that could have happened” in any context whatsoever.





Let us live our lives with some sense and sensibility. That should not be too much to ask, or at least one would hope.

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Published on November 03, 2020 03:22
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message 1: by Rushabha (new)
Nov 05, 2020 10:38AM

Rushabha Really liked the thought - how important it is not just to focus on the aftermath of the crisis but to focus on the intricate path one has traveled upon and on the impressions with which one's heart and mind have been carved.

When we look back at life in retrospect, isn't both crisis and success make us feel that we have accomplish something? In that sense "Best thing that could have happened" makes sense, doesn't it?


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