Ray of Light - Madonna

‘She's got herself a universe gone quickly, for the call of thunder threatens everyone’ – Ciccone, Curtiss, Leach & Maldoon.

I’ve always really connected with Madonna’s 1998 ‘Ray of Light’ album and especially, the title track of the same name. On a random playlist, I listened as I ran my hour of daily exercise near my home, earlier today. It seemed particularly apt as the sun was shining on a beautiful Spring Day in Cardiff. In any other time it would simply be the heralding in of a much needed Spring. Today it heralded the one thing that everyone the world over is hoping for – HOPE and a ‘Ray of Light’ that will get us through the dark times we all face ahead.

Let’s face it, with so much illness and death in the news, it can’t get much darker can it?… So what’s going to get us through?

I believe the ‘Ray of Light’ we will need has to come from within. The ability to adapt to change and the strength to keep fighting no matter what happens, combined with the flexibility of mind to new thoughts, ideas and routines will have to become a reality for anyone hoping to overcome the greatest threat to mankind in living memory.

Survival will not only depend on our state of health but also our state of mind. The desire to adapt to a new world as yet unknown will not only define us, it will challenge us to our limits as we try and rebuild our future past. A past that will never be the same. 

Things will be different. Things have already changed for instance, when this is over:-

• Will Pubs and Restaurants ever be the same? 
• Will Business meetings still need to be face-to-face?
• Will People continue to work from home?
• Will the NHS ever recover?

Sharp questions – but hand on heart I believe that things will change and slowly recover. I also believe that and any glimmer of an inner ‘Ray of Light’ will help us adapt to a better ‘Coronavirus Recovery’. Forgetting the politicians and endless newscasts - being ahead of the ‘Doom and Gloom Curve’ will make everyone’s day brighten up – and we can at last be #backstronger. Until then keep safe, stay healthy and be patient as  we all ‘wait for the time when Earth shall be as one’.

Amen.

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