NEW NORMAL, NEW CHALLENGE

AMY L. MENDEZ

,t Zas a shocNinJ day. (veryone Zas not prepared. 1ot anyone familiar about the neZs especially us )ilipinos. The Zord &29,' Zhich Zas abbreviated by the named corona virus Zhich there Zere many here say Zhere it came from. %ut hoZ can Ze handle the situation" +oZ can Ze accept the fact that thinJs Zill eventually chanJe" This scenario chanJes and continually chanJinJ the lives of each one of us. :e aZNZardly for the first time Zear masNs, face shield and distance ourselves to people. :e folloZ protocols from $,T), policies from baranJays and even in our oZn home. 0inors and seniors Zere stocNed at home and not alloZed to Jo out. That¶s Zhat Ze call 1eZ 1ormal.

$s Ze Jo on Zith our everyday lives, Ze don¶t have a choice but to live each day Zith fear of miJht JettinJ the virus. :e have to realized that this is not normal noZ. :e have to face the difficult situation and overcome it. :e have to face the neZ challenJes in our lives. 1eZ challenJes that life is at facinJ noZ. 1eZ challenJes of the 1eZ 1ormal in such a Zay that Ze Zill struJJle not to Jet infected by the virus. 1eZ normal is a neZ challenJe for all of us.

$s an individual Zhat can Ze do noZ to lessen the stress and stiJma brouJht about the situation" :hat hopes Ze have to hold on" :hat can Ze do to surpass and survive" , thinN, )aith in *od is Zhat Ze most need. 6trenJtheninJ our devotion and believinJ that this pandemic Zill end. $nd maNe us realize that in *od¶s +and everythinJ is possible.

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