Learn to Expect the Unexpected

 In these first two parts I think Dr. Rieux points out something extremely important. Something that most definitely relates to American and European people today. The doctor talks about how even though wars and diseases have plagued mankind for millennia, the average person never expects to be affected by a disease or become a victim of war. Instead, they go about their daily business unconsciously assuming that everything will always be as it is and nothing will ever change. Is that not exactly how the American people are right now? Considering Russia's impending invasion of Ukraine, we could possibly be on the brink of WWIII, and yet most Americans are unaware. Most of us would rather go about our daily business than wake up to the fact that tomorrow could be entirely different. Our eyes could close on the world that we know tonight and then witness a world of destruction, disease, death, and devastation tomorrow morning. How much suffering must man endure to finally wake up to the fact that this life is volatile and unpredictable? How long must we console ourselves that nothing world-shattering could happen to us? I suppose it is because if we truly realized how in danger our world is every single day then we would never be able to function. 

I commented on Haylee Lynd's post and on Braylan Stringfellow's post. 

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  1. Bug OlsenFebruary 14, 2022 at 9:40 PM

    I enjoyed your post, however I think that people have become much more anxious and concerned about such things due to COVID. No one knows what the next mask status will look like, or if the government will decide to have a mass shut down again. I think the uncertainty of COVID has made people slightly more aware than they are given credit for.

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  2. Braylan StringfellowFebruary 15, 2022 at 9:23 AM

    It is sad to see so many people be hurt by things that they could have avoided if they would not have though that it would never happen to them. If people would live by the saying “Hope for the best, prepare for the worst”, then they would not be completely thrown off when something bad happens in their life.

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  3. Emma Kate PattersonMarch 15, 2022 at 9:57 AM

    I think you are absolutely right in saying that we often times forget what could happen. We cannot let this idea drag us down but we must remember to live each day to the fullest. I think this is an idea that a lot of people learned in 2020 when covid put everyone into lock down. The pandemic caused people to rethink theirs lives and decide to live their lives to the fullest.

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