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CH 4: The beauty of small things

When you and your loved ones were suffering because of me, you were not allowed to get close to take care of them. You were denied access to parents and grandparents even though you wanted to nurse them in their last days. Some of you became prisoners  in your own home, while those of who were deemed infected weren’t even allowed out of your room. As you were forced to keep your distance, hugs with loved ones became a rarity. You missed the power of touch and the way it could convey emotions − joy, compassion, grief, and sadness.

Loneliness became an epidemic, even within homes and among families, as you were kept apart out of fear of contaminating those you loved. The experience of physical proximity with loved ones seemed so close and yet so far. As you looked through the window and gazed at the open sky, your mind struggled between being here and the fear of being lost there, beyond where the sky end and eternity begins. I made you appreciate life’s small pleasures and daily blessings, which many of you had taken for granted.

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