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How to Stay Sane in a World Full of Changes
Look inside and help as much you can
I have been struggling to wrap my head around all the Covid situation, and then all of a sudden, Russia attacks Ukraine and the little safety I started to feel about my life, about the world, about our collective consciousness, just goes up in smoke — again.
When it comes to my own life, I already learnt not to complain. After all, I am privileged, I am fine, I am healthy, I have three healthy, smart kids, my mum is healthy, I still have a grandmother who is alive and who will probably outlive us all. I have a job, a good one. I make enough money to make ends meet, I have a roof above my head, with heating in my flat, running water, electricity, internet connection and tons of household appliances to make my life easier. I have it all. What is there to complain about?
I am fine. I have been fine for these past years in general, pushing through all the hardships that might seem very first world problems to those who struggle to feed their kids or who battle for their lives against some illness, or war.
But I am fragile. Mentally, emotionally, I am exhausted and insecure.
In the brilliant book, Sapiens, by Noah Yuval Harari, there was a passage that made me think. To be fair, most of the book was a complete…
