March 28, 2020
 Day 18 of the World Health Organization declared pandemic

 This may take awhile.
The price will be high.
Our character as individuals and as families,
communities and nations will be tested.
Many of us will fail;
many of us will muddle along,
most of us will strive to do our best,
but will still suffer.

The virus will not discriminate
but the discrimination we have already built into
our systems and our social relations
will make the suffering greater
for some than for others.
If only we can always think of the greater good
and recognize that working towards
the greater good
works for us as well.