Lessons from the Lockdown: Fortitude
We are at a momentous phase in history today. We are nearing the end of lockdown. We entered a tunnel on 25 March. And on 4th May, we will be exiting the tunnel. But the scenery outside would have changed forever. Just feel this moment. You are likely to remember it for the rest of your life. And things will be very different now on. For a long time. We will be left with a deep nostalgia for pre lockdown freedoms. It will be something like the dissolution of the Soviet Union (in eastern bloc countries). Or the end of Apartheid (in South Africa). One thing that we need to develop is Fortitude. Thanks to the advance in many fields - medical, computer technology, the internet - We as humans had come to think that we have control of our lives, the world, the planet. But as happens so many times, nature has just shown us that the cheese has moved. An example of this is seen in the medical treatment of infertility. Childbirth, has been over the millennia across all cultures, considered almighty&#…
