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Letter For The New Normal
Letter For The New Normal
Letter For The New Normal
Fear, anxiety, and stress these are the temperament I felt during the Corona Virus
my daily living that changed my everyday routine. Work from home, quarantine, social or
physical distancing, frontliners, and new normal are just few of the newfangled terms I
always hear whenever I go outside our home. The news are quite disturbing for the reason
that the COVID-19 cases are increasing rapidly in actual fact that there have been 2,740,111
confirmed cases and 41,237 deaths reported to World Health Organization (WHO) as of the
13th day of October 2021 (World Health Organization). This pandemic brought us a lot of
deleterious atmosphere but viewing it to a bigger and better picture, personally, there is
My attention was drawn to the undesirable consequences that this pandemic exposed
in front of my eyes. Undeniably, I was concerned about what was going on in the whole
country. I was contradicting the idea that COVID-19 is real. I was repudiating the
circumstance that the death rate in the Philippines was increasing rapidly. I was blinded by
fear but little did I know that there are a lot of progressive things happened while I was
Conformity to the protocols is impossible to tell apart to obedience, this is the first
listen to the announcement of the protocols through the ambulance masquerading as a police
mobile or in vernacular (bisaya) called “Ampra.” Always wear facemask whenever you go
outside your houses, observe social or physical distancing, violators will be penalized with
whole day community service or may perhaps pay Php. 500.00 for the first offense, Php.
1,000.00 for the second offense, and Php. 1,500.00 for the third offense. These are just few of
the announcements every person hear for the period of this phenomenon.
I also observed that every Christian, if I’m not mistaken, in our barangay felt the
Kibalabag, last February 12, 2021. Even if I was caged with anxiety, I still have the
enthusiasm to join, for the reason that this is the time to surrender myself and terminate the
fear I felt during the pandemic. Auspiciously, I am rejuvenated by the words of wisdom from
Taking everything into consideration, those silver linings I mentioned were just some
of the prolific events happened in my life during the presence of COVID-19. I have no idea
about the battles you are encountering in your life, I have no clue about how cruel is COVID-
19 to you but I am sure that there’s always better and greater things happened to you that the
negative impact of this pandemic cannot equal. Remember to always look to the bright side