2020-03-26 春雨中的秋叶

一早出门买早点，本带着口罩低着头走路，到楼下被不知从何而来的一股薄荷香气激得抬起头寻找，却才发现小区里已是桃红柳绿的深春之姿。前两天还似乎开在秃枝上的花儿们，此时已经被昨夜春雨滋润出的新绿簇拥围绕，好不娇艳。

这才想起，昨晚睡前似是听到了雷声，当时还觉得有些吵，却不想那可能是今季自己听到的第一声春雷，是那“忽如一夜春雨至”的提醒。

可不知是往年没注意，还是今年特别，今年上海的春天似乎落叶特别多，黄褐色的铺在地上，如果不抬头，恍惚的，竟分辨不清是春还是秋。想是因为今年是暖冬，所以冬日里本该落的秋叶，却生生的扛过了整个冬天，到了春来，才被急着新发出来的芽儿们挤得没个立足所在，不甘愿地落了下来。

于是，这抬头间的新绿和那低首时被春雨濡湿的落叶，夹着其间的各色春花，形成了这一季特别的景致。

也是今年人间事的写照吧，因为这一场疫情，整个冬尾春初时节，人们都是窝在家里的，该有的新陈更替似乎都是退后了时节，不知到了这真正开春之后会有怎样的凋落发生，当然也是肯定因此有很多新生长出来。可是凋落的，却终究是不会再回来。想起这几个月常常看到那几句：

时代的一粒尘埃，落在个人身上，就是一座大山。
当灾难发生，不是死了两万人，而是两万人死了。

有幸没有生活在灾难的核心区，随经历也不过是一点点的生活不便，没有什么大不了的，跟疫情核心区武汉的人没法比，跟真正有亲朋故友身遭其难比，更不敢说哪怕一点感同身受，甚至不敢想，如果是在自己至亲的人身上发生，会生出怎样的心境。连想都不敢想，又遑论身受？

人类是健忘的，尤其是没有切身体会的事情，想必这场疫情最多年底，大抵也是会被淡忘了。可有些人的人生可能由此再也不一样。
如果，可以让大家记得一点，也许是哪些提醒，例如这篇冒着比尔盖茨名字的冥想感言：

As I meditate upon this, I want to share with you what I feel the Corona/ Covid-19 virus is really doing to us:

1. It is reminding us that we are all equal, regardless of our culture, religion, occupation, financial situation or how famous we are. This disease treats us all equally, perhaps we should to. If you don’t believe me,just ask Tom Hanks.
2. It is reminding us that we are all connected and something that affects one person has an effect on another. It is reminding us that the false borders that we have put up have little value as this virus does not need a passport. It is reminding us, by oppressing us for a short time, of those in this world whose whole life is spent in oppression.
3. It is reminding us of how precious our health is and how we have moved to neglect it through eating nutrient poor manufactured food and drinking water that is contaminated with chemicals upon chemicals. If we don’t look after our health, we will, of course, get sick.
4. It is reminding us of the shortness of life and of what is most important for us to do, which is to help each other, especially those who are old or sick. Our purpose is not to buy toilet roll.
5. It is reminding us of how materialistic our society has become and how, when in times of difficulty, we remember that it’s the essentials that we need (food, water, medicine)as opposed to the luxuries that we sometimes unnecessarily give value to.
6. It is reminding us of how important our family and home life is and how much we have neglected this. It is forcing us back into our houses so we can rebuild them into our home and to strengthen our family unit.
7. It is reminding us that our true work is not our job, that is what we do, not what we were created to do.
   Our true work is to look after each other, to protect each other and to be of benefit to one another.
8. It is reminding us to keep our egos in check. It is reminding us that no matter how great we think we are or how great others think we are, a virus can bring our world to a standstill.
9. It is reminding us that the power of freewill is in our hands. We can choose to cooperate and help each other, to share, to give, to help and to support each other or we can choose to be selfish, to hoard, to look after only our self. Indeed, it is difficulties that bring out our true colors.
10. It is reminding us that we can be patient, or we can panic. We can either understand that this type of situation has happened many times before in history and will pass, or we can panic and see it as the end of the world and, consequently, cause ourselves more harm than good.
11. It is reminding us that this can either be an end or a new beginning. This can be a time of reflection and understanding, where we learn from our mistakes, or it can be the start of a cycle which will continue until we finally learn the lesson we are meant to.
12. It is reminding us that this Earth is sick. It is reminding us that we need to look at the rate of deforestation just as urgently as we look at the speed at which toilet rolls are disappearing off of shelves. We are sick because our home is sick.
13. It is reminding us that after every difficulty, there is always ease. Life is cyclical, and this is just a phase in this great cycle. We do not need to panic; this too shall pass.
14. Whereas many see the Corona/ Covid-19 virus as a great disaster, I prefer to see it as a great corrector

It is sent to remind us of the important lessons that we seem to have forgotten and it is up to us if we will learn them or not.