Another day we say good morning! Nothing is a given and self-evident. Of course it never was, only these days we feel it in our skin. The crow with a jump dives us into the deep.
Everyone's daily discussions, without exception, include exclusively medical terms. A storm of information and new knowledge that we do not understand enough. Those who do the experts without being, just do not understand the slightest thing. Let's not add to the current panic our semi-learning and irrelevance, because it doesn't work. I feel lucky to have received a different message, from the thousands of these days, that reminded me of the words of the great Costas Monti. "You had nothing to say, sir. Why did you disturb the words, why did you disturb them? ”
Has our daily behavior in our interpersonal relationships changed? It remains the same egocentric and meaningless. The difference is that it's dressed up in horror, so as humans we're even worse off. But is this pandemic the cause of what is happening? And I explain myself to avoid misunderstanding. What exactly does the coronation force us to do? Let's be alone! So much effort to stand out from the crowd, to be inaccessible, to be great and great… So let's enjoy it! We do not want; Then do we have to redefine ourselves? To look inside ourselves for who we really are and to accept and improve it. Be careful what we wish for, because it may eventually come true… .. It is tragic to live alone and even more tragic to die alone. We will no longer turn to the verses of Kavvadias, but we will beg for them to happen to us… “And I, who so longed one day to bury, in a sea deep in distant India, will have a common death and very sad and a funeral like the many people's funerals ".
Has our daily behavior regarding health issues changed in general? Vertical reduction of medical referrals and analyzes, do you say the coronaio to save GESY? The weight has simply shifted and now the 1420 call center is on its knees. But the driving force remains the same, fear and egocentrism. In the case of Gay, let's take advantage of a free system to cover our fears, maybe we have something. In the case of 1420 to cover our fear, lest we suffer something. Without realizing that our behavior deprives or delays the ability of all of the above, whether referral, or analysis, or information from a fellow human being who is in dire need of it. Let's not be sad, the coroner came to complete what he was hiding and our behavior sought. It kneels all health systems worldwide, without precedent, sweeps existing offices, gathers souls and annuls my beloved Constantine Cavafy. "And now what are we going to do without barbarians?" These people were a solution. "
Has our daily attitude towards our fellow human beings changed in general? One thing was asked of us and the profit will be ours, just to stay home. And we do not obey. We are having a hard time. We take for granted the house and the restful sleep and the food-filled cupboards and we are intolerant. As we took for granted the health, the well-being and the good luck. Let's remember that many people did not have a good time before and now they do not have a home to close and protect themselves. What ultimately determines our behavior, ingratitude or stupidity?
I remember when I was little I was fascinated by a crazy and unbelievable conversation, which was called chaos theory: "If a butterfly moves its wings in the Amazon, it can bring rain to China." My mind could not hold it then or now, but my heart grabbed it and inflated it and always carried it. In the midst of an unprecedented ordeal, we have the opportunity to finally begin to behave in a way that will move the universe in the right direction. Realize that every choice and action we make, directly or indirectly, can have a huge impact on someone else. If we didn't realize it before, it's time to dump her. If we were ahead of the curve, it's time to dump her. Any unnecessary movement on our part these days can ultimately deprive a person of our right to a respirator after two weeks. It seems unthinkable, but it happens en masse and every day in countries very close to us.
We need radical and humble behavior. Radical in the sense of exaggeration and exaggeration, each from his own post. The state should immediately take all measures to protect the citizens without weighing any other economic or political factors, otherwise everything will be destroyed by a chain reaction. Health professionals with vigor in the front line. Employees in occupations of materials and non-essential goods move exclusively to and from their workplace. And everyone else in the house. Let everyone do what is right for them with full awareness of the responsibility that weighs on them. It's a great opportunity to curb our selfishness and humble ourselves. Let us not need to suffer more to learn.
The corona runs faster than us. Much faster… There is no time to lose. We have no choice but to stand our ground, which is in any case insignificant and does not take us to reduce it even further. To honor the verdict of the Greek word of our kind, of the word man and to finally look up. To accept that we are unable to grasp in its entirety the threat that has spread over all of humanity. What is happening is beyond us, we can neither understand nor control it. The lyrics from the wonderful hymn of the love of the Apostle Paul come to mind fatally. “Then we see a man with a mirror in a riddle, and then face to face. I'm fine on the other hand, then I'm not aware of it and I'm aware of it. "
Tomorrow has come. There is no room for error. Let everyone face themselves.
Irene Kaoula Gassa, Pathologist, Personal Physician GESY