Entering The Post Lockdown World, Longing For the Pre Lockdown World

In the world before lockdown,  during our pre-lockdown existence, we pretty much took everything for granted. We knew the world needed to change, but were ignorant to that change taking place. It wasn't affecting us, and it wasn't going to affect us, so we went about our daily lives in our same old, same old, routines. Life was predictable. Life was familiar. 

Now, in this strange world after lockdown, we realise how much we took our lives for granted; and we crave for the normality we had back then. The routines. The simple pleasures of shopping, going for a meal, meeting friends and family. Now, we are troubled and anxious because it's gone. And that normality and routine might never come back.

It's a terrifying reality to find ourselves in. This 'new normal' has been thrust on us, and none of us know where this journey into the post lockdown world is taking us. From first impressions, it's certainly not leading us back to what we had. It's taking us through many months of continued hardship and disarray; and all the time our memories of the normal we had before are fading ...

But the longing for what we had remains, and always will be there. It's only a matter of 10 - 12 weeks since the world changed, but in that short space of time our world will never be the same again ... so much of what we had is gone, and will never return. What we have to adapt to, in all honesty, cannot be the same ... and for those of us who've had lifetime in the pre-lockdown world, it's going to be impossible to accept that its gone. Those who are relative new comers to this earth, should find it easier to adapt. But adapt to what? Where will be all end up, in say twelve months time ... it doesn't bear thinking about ... this post lockdown world is shaping up to be like living in one of those horror movies we used to watch as teenagers....