Our lives have changed dramatically. We live in unprecedented situations and we feel that it is a dream and if we wake up, it will all be over. His pandemic coronavirus is the enemy that threatens the whole planet. The invisible enemy that humanity must fight and defeat, with every weapon it has at the moment.
Η pandemic it hasn't just changed our daily lives. Our psychology has also changed. Fear and anxiety, certainly the worst counselors in this battle, have nestled within us. If we add to this the fact that limited to the house, most of the time you only hear bad news about the virus, then you understand why there are many who feel that they have entered a dark tunnel, anxiously searching for the end of it. Looking for light.
But we know that life is a two-sided coin. And in the pandemic of the corona, one side is this dark side. The other side, however, is the positive. The sunbeam you are looking for. And we are talking about small but important stories in the midst of a pandemic, which send a message of optimism. A message that we will make it. A message that humanity has not been lost, and in difficult times it shows all its greatness.
We know from the beginning that this insidious enemy is hitting the vulnerable groups, especially the elderly. And yet, all over the world, there are elderly people - and even older people - who have not "knelt" on the corona. They fought with him and came out victorious.
It is indicative the story with the 101-year-old Italian, who was hospitalized with a coronavirus and was discharged, sending the message that we will succeed. And he is not the only one since a 104-year-old man recovered from him in Oregon, USA Covid-19.
In these difficult times, one country gives its hand to the other. In mid-March, Germany undertook to treat patients with a joke from Italy, but also France.
"This, I think, is a very important indication that we support and help others when we can," said Michael Kretschmer, prime minister of the German state of Saxony, during a press conference.
Although she suffers more and more from coronary heart disease every day, eShe also helped Italy and Spain, the two European countries hardest hit by the pandemic. Turkey has sent uniforms and protective masks, as well as hydro-alcoholic gels.
A couple from Yorkshire had planned to get married, but the coroner changed their wedding plans. Due to the measures taken to protect against the virus, the couple canceled the wedding reception. However, he decided to donate the 400 meals intended for guests at a local hospital.
Many are the famous ones - actors, singers, athletes, presenters, etc. - offering money to organizations and agencies to combat coronary heart disease. Among them is Rihanna, Angelina Jolie, Metallica, Michael Jordan and many others. With the list growing
The world's millionaires have not been left alone in the fight against the pandemic. THE Bill Gates He was one of the first to rush into battle, offering $ 100 million through his foundation in his efforts to discover the vaccine.
Alibaba founder Jack Ma has donated millions of masks and medical supplies to Europe, the United States and Africa while doing so in his home country of China.
And the list of million-dollar offers from global tycoons is also growing.
The fashion industry is one of those who has been hit hard by the pandemic. However, one house after another and designer offers in every way against the corona.
Indicatively, o Ralph Lauren has donated $ 100 million for the treatment of the virus, while the House will proceed with the manufacture of medical masks and uniforms. So is Giorgio Armandj, which, among other things, has sold its 4 factories in Italy for this purpose.
But the Kering group has also made generous offers, as has its competitive LVMH.
The medical and nursing staff are the "heroes in uniform" during the pandemic. They are the ones who, at personal expense, fight the coroner, helping the patients.
And everyone recognizes their offer. And in most countries of the world, people go out on the balconies to send the warmest applause of gratitude.
"Social distance" is the message of this period, but that doesn't mean two people can't come close, strictly adhering to the protection measure. And yes, in the years of quarantine a love can be born.
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Photographer Jeremy Cohen was fascinated by the girl across the balcony and decided to flirt with her from afar. In fact, he sent his phone by drone and she also succumbed.
And while the urge is "Stay Home", there are also the homeless, who have nowhere to stay. The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, offered 300 rooms to the homeless in the city.
And the environment is sending its own message, right now. The quarantine in Italy seems to have given the opportunity in swans and dolphins to make their appearance on the canals of Venice. In fact, the usually cloudy waters have cleared and one can see the fish below their surface.
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They made their debut in Italy. People came out on the balconies and started singing, sending their own message. The stories here are many, with the tenor in Paris, who sings daily on the balcony of his house, to be one of the most moving.
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Citizens in other countries followed, as well as in Greece, "exorcising" the enemy with song and dance.
This difficult period also highlights the greatness of humanity. Many are rushing to help the elderly, the disabled or people belonging to vulnerable groups and cannot get out by taking their own necessities.
In all countries of the world, one is reaching out to the other for help. Exciting, here in Greece it is the movement of the actress, Sofia Vogiatzaki which feeds food to its elderly neighbors.
The human mind can do various things to make the quarantine more enjoyable. And in the first days, mainly, of the quarantine, the toilet paper challenge broke on the internet. Famous footballers, such as Messi, did incredible tricks with toilet paper, while the simple world came into play, from young to old.
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Actors from all over the world have taken action these days, who through social media want to offer a few moments of entertainment.
In Greece many artists, such as Socrates Malamas, The Alkinoos Ioannidis and others, make quarantine more enjoyable by singing online.
And there are many artists who, one after the other, announce that proceeds from the sale of their records will be used for the fight against the mockery. Others write songs for this purpose.
Currently the most difficult is the "social distance" that grandchildren have to keep from grandparents. However, there are ways to "contact".
And the most moving and at the same time funny way him found a little girl from Nashville, Tennessee. Her grandfather lives opposite her house and so the two of them went out on the street and keeping their distance, they started dancing. The video broke on social media, moving everyone.
Opera sounds "flooded" the center of Thessaloniki a few days ago, with the lyric singers Cassandra Dimopoulou and Filippo Modino joining their voices, sending their own message of solidarity to those who "stay home".
And a few kilometers away, the Dj's of Katerini recently woke up their neighbors at a big "balcony party", stepping on the "steps" of their Italian colleagues.
The emergence of the human side, with small but valuable moves, is also the most moving at this time. In Heraklion, Crete, Maria had a birthday and her neighbors in the apartment building, where they live, they made sure to make her the most pleasant surprise by singing to her all from the balconies, while with ropes they took her cake down.
And how not to end with the most moving story, starring 16-year-old Georgia Piteli, who wants to become a volunteer in the battle against the mockery. In fact, he has sent a relevant mission to the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, responding to the call of the Ministry of Health for volunteers.
"I would not be afraid μου My dream is to help my man," said the 17-year-old student on Nikos Evangelatos' show.