Life harmonises through the pace of our daily lives here. We, Waikato people, are going through Level 3 from Level 2 by joining the Greater Auckland since Monday 4th October. Dated: 8th October – informing you that an update about the Northland area is moving up to Level 3 from Level 2 because two women from Auckland are carrying the virus and refusing to work with MOH (Ministry of Health) and Police. These women had not been cooperating with contact tracers.
Why that? Recently a small number of the family went down to Waikato, including Raglan from Auckland. It appeared one of the family members did not have a vaccination jab nearly two weeks ago. Now there has been a talk about the gang of Hamilton visited someone in Auckland, and one of the gang members used the letter permit through the border. I am not interested in these topics because many people lead their lives in different activities, works, frustrated to escape from Greater Auckland and boredom in their household. I stick with the Lord above, and I have true faith in Him through my life as I am a deaf Christian person.
“When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways–either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.”
― Dalai Lama XIV
There are many global warmings around the countries, increasing crimes, violence bringing more wars, increasing protest marches against vaccination, bush fires, droughts, and the beautiful sights of the La Pama volcano eruption in Canary Island. Technology changes a lot faster for everyone; even most people fall victim to hackers, scams, money laundering, and many other barriers for disabled people and D/deaf people while more sophisticated and flexible use of technology. We genuinely don’t know what is around the corner. I see more worry, more depression, but some positive changes in our daily lives when I am working out there as a deaf essential specialised worker.
We also can suffer the calamities of past eras, like the economic meltdown of the Great Depression. Now, the 1918 flu pandemic is a sudden spectre in our lives. From 1918 to 1920, it was a most extended flu pandemic, and it was called the Spanish Flu, which knows as The Greatest Influenza epidemic. In the timeline, there were four different waves of virus sweep through people’s lives between 1918 and 1920. The virus strain was A (H1N1) pandemic similar to the 2009 influenza A virus subtype H1N1 (A/H1N1) is a subtype – swine flu. In New Zealand, the flu killed an estimated 6,400 Pakeha (or “New Zealanders primarily of European descent”) and 2,500 indigenous Maori in six weeks, with Māori dying at eight times the rate of Pakeha.[203][204] during the second wave of a new strain in October 1918. https://nzhistory.govt.nz/influenza-pandemic-reaches-peak-mortality
There are many disabled people facing hardship, barriers getting through services, technology, the lack of home helps carers, and many other issues in the community today. Many D/deaf people are finding it challenging to communicate in their daily lives out in the community.
The history of the new virus strain is repeating today.
Looking at the current of the water flowing down the river remind me of the river of life. The channel of the flowing water runs smoothly in one direction. While the other track of the flowing water runs wildly or roaring down. What about the calm of the day into a violent storm? These kinds of weather and the river of life make sense in our daily lives. Every morning, we wake up to find another day to keep moving through the day to night – no matter nothing will stop us from doing things except if there is a Level Four, and we will find something to catch up around the home and our property to make up for the lost time.
I don’t know how long the virus of the pandemic will last or going to end. Everyone keeps asking me daily – how much longer? When it will end? I don’t have the answer, but I keep saying, “stay positive, stay strong, keep moving forward and safe.”
Times are challenging for a lot of people at the moment – including our members. But we know that our members also do unique and beautiful things with the time given to them. And that’s always worth celebrating.
Kia kaha, e nga hoa. ❤️
“Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.”
― The Dalai Lama
Life in Eureka 