The following email arrived in my inbox claiming to have been written by Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft. I have some doubts about Bill's ownership, but who actually wrote it is not as important as what's in the article. See what you think.
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"As I look at the world today, I want to share with you what I feel Covid-19 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 too.
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, 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.
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 lots of toilet rolls.
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.
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.
9) It is reminding us that the power of free will is in our hands. We can choose to cooperate and help each other, to share, to give, to support each other or we can choose to be selfish, to hoard, to look after only ourselves. Indeed, it is difficulties that bring out our true colours.
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.
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."
