Because my daughter is studying in Hong Kong, she will pay attention to various news briefs in Hong Kong every day, especially during the epidemic. Checking the latest epidemic situation in Hong Kong has become a must-do every day, and over time it becomes a habit.
In this November that is about to pass, the Hong Kong government has relaxed epidemic prevention policies on a large scale several times in succession, resulting in an increase in the number of infections every day!
When the number exceeded 6,000 on November 14, I couldn't help but send a message to my daughter and told her: The number of infections in Hong Kong today is 6,000, so you should pay attention to protecting yourself! The daughter quickly replied: Oh, is it? I didn't pay attention. Well, okay, I feel a little worried about eating radish salty.
broke through 8,000 cases on November 17! There was a surge in momentum. At this time, my husband, who was usually calm, couldn't help but seriously instruct his daughter in the family group: The epidemic is so serious, you can stay in school now, don't go out to wander, it's too unsafe! My daughter replied and asked: What are you worried about? Worrying about me? If you are yang, take medicine. Is it necessary to make such a fuss! Haha, I choked my husband so much that he was speechless.
Later, we had a video with my daughter and talked about the epidemic again. My daughter gave us a very vivid metaphor: "I was like a happy puppy running happily on the road, but I was kicked from the left for no reason and then kicked from the right for no reason. My originally very happy puppy became unhappy in an instant!"
I felt a little mixed in my heart after hearing this from my daughter. We were actually a kind of parents who were quite letting go of my daughter. I just occasionally gave a few instructions when necessary. I felt that I hadn't reached the point of nagging, but my daughter described us as the invisible gasping for her feet, and the person who made her happy when she was happy. But after calming down, she made a lot of sense. She was doing well, but we reminded her from time to time: it seemed like she had to feel that she was in danger all the time, which seemed to be a bit disappointing.
This suddenly reminded me of the short story of "Little Monk Buy Oil": A little monk took a big bowl to the foot of the mountain to buy oil. On the way back with the oil, the picture of the little monk constantly asking him not to sprinkle the oil appeared in his mind from time to time. The majestic instructions of the master asking him not to sprinkle the oil in his ears from time to time. As a result, when the little monk returned to the temple, the oil had already been sprinkled one-third! This means that when a person is constantly being hinted by something, and when his psychological suggestion is accepted to a certain extent, he will really develop in the direction of this suggestion!
Just like the current epidemic, there was no place where there were no infection cases, but every day it was filled with various news about the epidemic. Every day, I looked at how many infections there were, how many people were pulled away to quarantine, and I saw epidemic prevention personnel armed to the teeth everywhere, and I saw teams queuing for nucleic acid. Even if these infected people were not by our side or in our area, that kind of unreasonable anxiety would come with it, as if these infected people were really by their side, and they were with them like shadows, making people anxious!
Although my daughter doesn’t need the information we provide at all, I am still watching the epidemic in Hong Kong every day. In fact, I just watch it, as if this can add some comfort to myself, and of course, it may also sometimes just add to my own worries!
However, we should still pay attention to negative news as little as possible and try our best to live our own little life in this not-so-friendly environment!
encourage each other!
