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82 • TLC—For the Workplace
Give Kind a Try
As places start to reopen, asks yourselves, “what kind of world do you want to live in or go back to?” Everyone is so eager to go back to ‘normal’ or how life used to be. However, ‘normal’ never really existed, and what we nor- malized before was seriously all backward. Before the virus, we lived in a very fast-paced, rushed, greedy, and selfish society. Crime, murders, and racism were at an all- time high. Many people were emotionally desensitized. We valued material objects. Kindness was mistaken for weakness. We took time with our loved ones for granted. The environment on earth was suffering greatly.
Do you want to go back to that or live in a world like that?
Although this virus is horrible and has effected so many people, it has also given us an opportunity to slow down our busy lives, become more humble, and kinder. The virus has also given us another chance to fix our broken world (or so I optimistically hope). Unfortunately, though, that has not been the case at all. Senseless crimes, shoot- ings, racism, killings, violence, and brutality continue to take place. It is sickening and disgusting.
What happened to the “United” States of America? Right now, it is more divided than ever! Also, many people are still in the mindset of selfishness with a “what’s-in- it-for-me” attitude. I am not sure what it is going to take for things to change because I thought that a disease that claimed over 100,000 innocent lives in two months would have been enough. These few months have taken a toll on all of us in so many different ways. Unnecessary evil has prevailed instead of peace and change for a better environment. Sure, there is always going to be both evil and good in this world. That is life, and the two cannot exist without each other. However, good always eventually