Hope amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic, a plea by an EMAS-SSBM student

The Global or Earthly COVID-19 Pandemic has infected & affected every family on this planet.

You may not have contracted the virus, But your family member, a friend, an acquaintance,  a colleague, fellow student,  a neighbour or just as a humanbeing may have been infected or affected in one way or another.

Families have lost loved ones.

Work Place colleagues have lost their own business family members, not to mention their own nuclear or extended family members. I just lost my colleague at work. And my some of my colleagues lost a mother or father, almost the same time. Many of them tested positive and had to self-isolated. I am also a COVID-19 survivor who contracted it beween August and September 2020. This post is also written based on first hand experience.

But, despite all this untold experience for some in modern history, a voice at the back of ones' mind reminds a human kind to keep the Faith & cling onto Hope. This is the same message I would like to share, not only with fellow EMAS-SSBM community, but the rest of the globe.

The question is , what is hope?

What inspires hope?

Where does hope come from?

How long does hope stay in a person?

And why is hope critical especial now in the era of COVID-19 Pandemic?

In my own lay-experience, I will say hope is the strong desire not give up.

It's that determination to succeed in the individual and collective fight against COVID-19.

It's that same drive drive & Zeal  EMAS-SSBM students like me employ to succeed in their studies. 

It's that will-power to want to stand up after you have fallen, like a baby learning to walk, step by step.

The strong Will to expect that something better may come your way, & that change may soon show up.

It's the believe that nothing is permanent - apart from change itself.

It's a conviction that at times cannot be simply explained.

It's that intuition to vividly see what may seem impossible until it's done.

The premonition that at times make the next person wonder what the other is talking about.

It's the love to know that indeed tomorrow brings another way of being and living.

It's a strong feeling to know that the dawn break - may shed some beautiful sun-rays & great opportunities - for a possible new life and new way of living, the new normal COVID-19 brought.

It's the "Vuma & the Oomph" to unknowingly go against all odds - but still make it to the other side.

It's the Faith - & knowing that indeed even if COVID-19 may hurt now, one day, it will form part of our history books content & tales of  heritage, where we come from and how we have overcome it.

Therefore, let's keep the Faith & wrap ourselves into the hope. In Afrikaans, one of the languages spoken in Namibia (also close to Dutsch), they say, " Vasbyt, min dae!" as in hang in there - that hardship or painn too shall come to pass.

As an EMAS-SSBM student, I have learnt to embrace global networking - not only to source for potential business and related partnership through fellow students & methodologists support but also to inspire one another and subsequently endure the hardship and impact imposed by COVID-19 on families.

Be an EMAS-SSBM family - Be the hope you want to see to perserve amidst covid-19 - as tomorrow holds a brand new dawn which may just come with complete healing - which will will one day kick out COVID-19 out of this planet.

This post is meant to inspire nations - especially families currently facing COVID-19 aftermath to remain strong & cultivate world peace among them. - All human kind lives in a Pandemic Global Village at the moment - and all world citizens need to hold hands - and move in unison it tackling the pandemic. The views expressed are shared from personal point of view as a member of the community, family person and a citizen of the world as well as an EMAS-SSMB student, aimed to uplift the next person who may just need to read these types of content.