Solidarity

I am receiving more and more implicit requests of support from people devastated by what is happening and because they are experiencing social and financial difficulties. Goethe, in the "Elective Affinities", wrote that "No one is more of a slave than the one who considers himself free without being free". If you at least nurture doubts about the pandemic narrative you are perhaps closer to freedom. This is not a meager consolation but an important basis. Not only that, understanding today the value of the people around you is now very easy. You can figure out in an instant and choose accordingly whether it is worth "spending" time to create or maintain a bond. This is a fantastic period of cleansing in relationships and is really a great opportunity! Make the necessary choices but do it without hatred and resentment otherwise in an instant you'll become like the person you hate. If you find yourself alone, I understand the initial disorientation, but once that feeling is gone, you can create the space for the new. Just look around with an open mind and there are many opportunities. Restrictions on freedoms are an infamy but they also represent an opportunity to create new bridges and new ways. Have no doubts, keep yourself in a space of trust. If you are singled out as a selfish greaser by people who boast of being champions of altruism, please don't buy this story. They can hurt you only and exclusively if you allow them to. There is so much hatred in them and their fake "altruism" is but a ridiculous mask. They just need to tell themselves a story that makes them look good to themselves. They are mostly people theoretically committed to the "good of the world and of all beings" but in reality they are so full of resentment that they are not able to love even those who live next to them. Their love is only mental and therefore totally false. If, until now, we have been able to live in a sort of limbo that has made us lazy, today we have the great opportunity and a remarkable kick in the butt to go further. Create new ways and spaces of relationship, relearn to enjoy the subtle and beautiful of small things. I am not proposing a small retreat but to build new bases because what happens today is still our responsibility. To clarify any doubt,I believe that personal health choices are always legitimate and are not and must not be a cause for dividing us. The real ignorance, which lurks everywhere, is of those who believe that such choices make them a better person than those who have made another one regardless of what it is.

I wrap up with a small appeal to anyone who can live this period with a fair sense of balance to be of help to others. On the other hand, if you feel you need help, don't be afraid to ask for it.

m.m.