3/23/2020(星期一)
美國洛杉磯Highland
天氣早上下雨,午間以後放晴
昨夜下了一整夜的雨,淅淅瀝瀝的在窗外,也讓人很晚才入眠。杜甫的春夜喜雨詩句:好雨知時節, 當春乃發生。隨風潛入夜, 潤物細無聲。希望都有好兆頭。
每天母親都會從西雅圖打幾個電話來關心我的家庭生活和詢問身邊的疫情狀況。原本應該是我常常打電話問候她老人家的,但父母無論在何時何地都是對孩子的關心高過孩子關心父母的程度,水往下流,可憐天下父母心。
網上的數字在增長,但我們打開門卻絲毫沒有真正的體會。也許是太安靜了,讓人沒有一種恐懼。
經濟的暴跌給美國美國社會帶來的損失應該比川普想象的更加猛烈。
作為商人的川普一慣認為自己2020年大選得票率與道瓊斯指數密切相關。其實現在真正決定他得票率的是美國新冠肺炎的【確診數】和【死亡數】,如果控製不住這兩個數據,他日子也不好過。
洛杉磯多個著名的海灘宣布關閉。
洛杉磯市長Eric Garcetti 表示希望政府頒布的Safer at home 規定,居民需居家隔離,減少不必要的外出,上周末,看到有居民擁擠在海灘,這樣會造成病毒感染,患者增加。
我也看到聖地亞哥政府頒布了關閉海灘的公告。
夏威夷州長要求入境者強製隔離14天,3月26日起執行。
3月21日最新消息,全美旅遊勝地夏威夷實行美國史上最嚴禁令,從3月26日起,所有外地入境夏威夷州的人,一律強製隔離14天,不遵守屬於輕罪,最高可罰款5000或坐牢。是全美首個執行強製隔離令的州。夏威夷的本地人口隻有140萬人,而旅遊人口激增至近1000萬人。目前夏威夷大多數肺炎病例都跟外地輸入有關。夏威夷州新增11個病例,確診總數達到48例。其中3人住院。
夏季奧運會將考慮延期舉辦,國際奧運會將在未來四周內確定討論結果
“The IOC will ... start detailed discussions to complete its assessment of the rapid development of the worldwide health situation and its impact on the Olympic Games, including the scenario of postponement. The IOC is confident that it will have finalised these discussions within the next four weeks.”
國際奧委會將展開詳細討論,並對全球疫情形勢的發展及其對奧運會的影響作出評估,其中包括推遲奧運會的情況。國際奧委會有信心在未來4周內完成這些討論。
23日上午,日本首相安倍晉三在參議院預算委員會會議上表示,如果不能以完整的形式舉辦東京奧運會,將不得不考慮延期。
安倍表示,有權取消或推遲奧運會的是國際奧委會,在是否取消東京奧運會這一選項上,自己與國際奧委會想法一致。
If holding the Olympics in its complete form “becomes impossible, we may have no option but to consider postponing the Games, given the Olympics’ principle of putting the health of athletes first”, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told parliament on Monday.
目前加拿大,澳大利亞已經宣布推出今年夏季奧運會。
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Q-Jsu9XTa6-HD9AvmRMoXA
歌劇演唱家普拉西多·多明戈(Placido Domingo)在他的Facebook頁麵上證實,他的新冠病毒檢測呈陽性。“我認為說出我的檢測呈陽性是我的責任。我和我的家人將處於自我隔離狀態。” 他表示。多明戈補充說,他目前的健康狀態良好,但出現了發燒和咳嗽的症狀。
群友“丹青鬆子”也在我們群裏分享購物圖片並說:下午2點左右在Azusa大華超市購物,蔬果豐富。
朋友阿香Jennifer xie也特別分享她去過我們附近的San Bernardino Costco,除了衛生紙沒有,水和其他物品都充足,超市相對沒有太多人。這些朋友的分享也讓我們沒有出門的人,心情更加安靜了。
寫日記以來,許多朋友也關注我家菜地,我每天都會在菜地耕作一二個小時,今天又找出家中庫存的紅莧菜種子播種下去,昨夜的雨水讓泥土特別鬆軟,春播的好時機。
洛杉磯頒布居家條令已經一個星期了,家人也慢慢的習慣了,先生已經在家工作一周了,家中一樓的一間房專門給先生工作用了,我和孩子也不去打擾,對待工作我家先生一貫是認真勤奮的,華人的自律在工作態度上也突出的。
華人圈的微信多數是提醒告誡:加油站把手不能摸,取款機不能摸,郵件也帶病毒,外賣的包裝也有可能帶病毒,出門要小心,警察要開罰單,暫且就當是善意提醒吧!我有空閑還是去Facebook上看看,美國朋友在裏麵的奇思異想,各種搞怪,還是心態比較幽默。
日長睡起無情思,閑看兒童捉柳花,
洛杉磯依舊平靜安好!
今早就看見Bill Gates一段話:“我們都被連接在一起”(值得一看)
我堅信,無論我們認為是好是壞,發生的一切背後都有一個精神目的。
在我沉思時,我想與大家分享我對Corona / Covid-19病毒已經對我們造成的影響:
1)這提醒我們,我們人人平等,無論我們的文化,宗教,職業,財務狀況或名聲如何。這種疾病平等地對待我們所有人。如果您不相信我,請問湯姆·漢克斯(Tom Hanks)。
2)這提醒我們,我們都已聯係在一起,影響一個人的事物會對另一個人產生影響。提醒我們,由於這種病毒不需要護照,因此我們設置的虛假邊界幾乎沒有價值。通過短時間壓迫我們,使我們想起了這個世界上一生都被壓迫的人們。
3)這提醒我們,我們的健康是多麽寶貴,我們已經采取了行動,通過吃營養不良的加工食品和被化學物質汙染的飲用水來忽視健康。如果我們不照顧自己的健康,我們當然會生病。
4)這使我們想起生命的短暫,最重要的是我們要做的是互相幫助,尤其是那些年老或患病的人。我們的目的不是購買廁紙。
5)這提醒我們,我們的社會變得多麽物質主義,以及在困難時期如何行為。我們記住什麽是必需品(食物,水,藥品),他們與平時我們不必要地賦予其價值的奢侈品是相反的。
6)這使我們想起家庭和家庭生活的重要性,以及我們忽略了多少。它迫使我們回到自己的房屋與家庭去建設它們。
7)這提醒我們,我們的真正工作不是我們的工作,而是我們需要做的,而不是我們被創造去做的。我們的真正工作是互相照顧,互相保護,互惠互利。
8)這提醒我們要檢查自我。這提醒我們,無論我們認為自己有多偉大,還是別人認為我們有多偉大,病毒會使我們的世界陷入癱瘓。
9)這提醒我們,自由意誌的力量掌握在我們手中。我們可以選擇合作和互相幫助,分享,給予,互相幫助和支持,或者我們可以選擇自私,隻照顧我們自己。確實,困難使我們顯現出人性的本來麵目。
10)這提醒我們,我們可以耐心,也可以驚慌。我們可以理解,這種情況在曆史上已經發生過很多次並且會過去,或者我們可以驚慌地將其視為世界末日,因此造成的傷害大於弊端。
11)這提醒我們,這可以是終點,也可以是新起點。這可以是反思和理解的時期,我們可以從錯誤中學習,也可以是一個循環的開始,這種循環將一直持續到我們終於學習到我們打算學的課程為止。
12)這提醒我們,地球是有病的。提醒我們,我們必須像研究衛生紙從架子上消失的速度一樣緊迫地研究森林砍伐的速度。我們生病是因為我們的家有病。
13)這提醒我們,每遇到困難,總會有輕鬆的時刻。生命是周期性的,這隻是這個大循環中的一個階段。我們不必驚慌;這也將過去。
14)盡管許多人將Corona / Covid-19病毒視為一場巨大的災難,但我更喜歡將其視為*偉大的糾正者*
它的發生是為了提醒我們那些我們似乎已經忘記的重要課程,是否學習這些課程取決於我們。
"WE ARE ALL CONNECTED"
I’m a strong believer that there is a spiritual purpose behind everything that happens, whether that is what we perceive as being good or being bad.
As I meditate upon this, I want to share with you what I feel the Corona/ Covid-19 virus 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 to. If you don’t believe me, just ask Tom Hanks.
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 that the false borders that we have put up have little value as this virus does not need a passport. 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 and drinking water that is contaminated with chemicals upon chemicals. If we don’t look after our health, we will, of course, get sick.
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 toilet roll.
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.
6) It is reminding us of how important our family and home life is and how much we have neglected this. It is forcing us back into our houses so we can rebuild them into our home and
to strengthen our family unit.
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.
8) It is reminding us to keep our egos in check. It is reminding us that no matter how great we think we are or how great others think we are,
a virus can bring our world to a standstill.
9) It is reminding us that the power of freewill is in our hands. We can choose to cooperate and help each other, to share, to give, to help and to support each other or we can choose to be selfish, to hoard, to look after
only our self. Indeed, it is difficulties that bring out our true colors.
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 and, consequently, cause ourselves more harm than good.
11) It is reminding us that this can either be an end or a new beginning. This can be a time of reflection and understanding, where we learn from our mistakes, or it can be the start of a cycle which will continue until we finally learn the lesson we are meant to.
12) It is reminding us that this Earth is sick. It is reminding us that we need to look at the rate of deforestation just as urgently as we look at the speed at which toilet rolls are disappearing off of shelves. We are sick because our home is sick.
13) It is reminding us that after every difficulty, there is always ease. Life is cyclical, and this is just a phase in this great cycle. We do not need to panic; this too shall pass.
14) Whereas many see the Corona/ Covid-19 virus as a great disaster, I prefer to see it as a *great corrector*
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.