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Lunch

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

Dickens so aptly presents the eternal, cosmic conflict between good and evil, poignantly capturing the nature of life, of history that keeps repeating itself.  It is never either or, but always both sides in constant opposition.  

My experience of a pandemic is that it highlights what is already good and bad in our world, serving to magnify these two sides of our existence.  Sadly, if even understandably, humanity tends these days more towards stressing the bad over the good.  Enough of that for now!  

Truth is I am seeing a lot of good.  I see people concerned for their fellow human beings; I see people reaching out to help; I simply experience ordinary human kindness.  Yes, it still exists, despite what ones may say.  

In the past week, a friend wanted to cheer me up in a pandemic.  So he bought me lunch and had it delivered by motor bike, which is the way of these times in Bangkok.  It was yum.  The chips were real chips.  Beyond all these delights was the kindness yet again, unreservedly offered to me by another human being, letting me know that someone cares.  That is the message that stays with me and that is what is most important.      

Human kindness and goodness do exist and continue to thrive, no matter what else is happening in our world.  Full stop.  Thank God.