Imagine a post-pandemic world that is ready to welcome a transformed humanity.

I’m excited to be part

of it and I believe that this is already happening for many reasons.

In this time of pandemic crisis we slowed down, rearranged our priorities, and decluttered our lives.
Because of the lockdown, we were forced to put a break on the busy-obsessed culture we have fueled in
the name of having better standards of living. I now have no excuses to not carve out time for the
important things that make my days much better like having a quiet time for prayer and devotion first
thing in the morning, exercising, or even going back to writing which I’ve put off doing for a long time.
Not going out also saved a lot of unnecessary expenses eating out, buying things impulsively, and
keeping up with appearances.

I now have no excuses to not carve out time for the important things that make my days much better
like having a quiet time for prayer and devotion first thing in the morning, exercising, or even going back
to writing which I’ve put off doing for a long time. Not going out also saved a lot of unnecessary
expenses eating out, buying things impulsively, and keeping up with appearances.

We are more grateful for what we have and the people who are most important to us. I couldn’t
imagine how I would cope if my sister is not with me. We miss our mom who is far from us and the
opportunity to be together spending time with my nephew during his summer vacation. Now that we
don’t even know when it’s safe to see each other again, technology helps us keep in touch anytime and
more often than we used to. I’m also grateful that I can work from home without problems and have a
stable income that can provide for our needs. If you also have the same fortune as mine, we are very
lucky and I hope that we can be a channel of blessing to those who need us during this time. Just
because my mobility is restricted because of the lockdown doesn’t mean it will stop me from helping
those who are within my reach in my own little way and it’s not even necessarily just financial help.
There’s plenty of opportunities now to show love to one another and no kindness is ever wasted.

I am grateful that my family is complete and none of us is in danger. Being together and spending time
with each other make our family bond stronger. Even though we problem what we will eat for
tomorrow since there is still a lot of restriction, we are still blessed because Oriental Mindoro is still safe.
We are living healthier and happier lives. Because we are spending most of our time inside our homes,
many of us can now properly eat, sleep, and spend quality time with ourselves and with our loved ones.
So many who haven’t had the time to cook or try to do it before, my siblings included, now turned out to
be good in the kitchen. There’s this joyful time to learn new skills, hobbies, and rediscovering things that
we enjoy doing. When the lockdown ends and things gradually return to the daily grind, we may find this
time a distant luxury again, but we may also learn to prioritize these things we take for granted. Another
thing that I appreciated is how more people have now been conscious of practicing cleanliness and
personal hygiene. I’m looking forward to seeing this as the new normal. With due respect to our
frontliners and to those who are exposed to the virus, I wish them great blessing and the reward of good
health and well-being soon; and love and prayers to the ones left behind of those who succumbed to the
virus.

I am grateful that my family is complete and none of us is in danger. We are living healthier and happier
lives. Because we are spending most of our time inside our homes, many of us can now properly eat,
sleep, and spend quality time with ourselves and with our loved ones. To mitigate this negative impact
of COVID19, being stocked in our home we may have some joyful time to learn new skills, hobbies, and
rediscovering things that we enjoy doing. We may also learn to prioritize these things we take for
granted. Another thing that I appreciated is how more people have now been conscious of practicing
cleanliness and personal hygiene. I’m looking forward to seeing this as the new normal. With due
respect to our frontliners and to those who are exposed to the virus, I wish them great blessing and the
reward of good health and well-being soon; and love and prayers to the ones left behind of those who
succumbed to the virus.

We are being refined and are becoming more resilient because of difficulties we face. Before COVID-19
occurred, my family has been facing setbacks due to an unfortunate event we had to go through last
year while on a supposedly joyous occasion. In the middle of painful and difficult times, we find that
there are still so many blessings and positive outcomes to be grateful for. In a way, that also prepared us
to have a more peaceful mindset during this lockdown, and we are thankful to be safe and healthy amid
the pandemic. That experience also made me realize that when we stand to lose those which are
precious to us, in whatever form it may be, it is where we put our faith and hope that will help carry us
through. In our case, trusting God’s unfailing love and sovereignty has been more real in our lives now
because we went through so much. It’s also my prayer that more people will realize where they put
their faith in, because we all put our faith in something and it will ultimately determine the course of our
lives.

In this middle of battle time, we should be strong and find that there are still so many blessings and
positive outcomes to be grateful for.

We are being called for a higher purpose. As we go through this battle together, my hope is that we
think about the post-COVID-19 world and see how we can come out as better people after the
lockdown. I really think that humanity is being transformed right now and we can choose how much we
are changed by this pandemic at least as individuals. After all, we are the stewards of this world. There is
always hope.