"The future is today"

Within a grey situation, we can find the colours within many people who have volunteered within this crisis, people who join together to contribute, people who know that today we need to be stronger and more united.

By Carolina S. from México City in Mexico

The fundamental change from 2020 to 2060 is mentality, how we see and handle situations. The ideology will be a fundamental part of the change, whether it is social and political movements or technological advances, who will guide these changes is the ideology as a globalized society decide to follow and thus adopt different lifestyles.

It is not an inspiring situation, because right now we are at the point where a pandemic has brought the whole world to a standstill, where our day-to-day life has been replaced by isolation in our homes to protect us from the danger of the virus that is tormenting us (Covid-19). It is a situation of global reflection, because we have been blinded to certain situations in the world that as a society we have learned to normalize, as a society a health crisis allows us to take shelter in our homes and with this self reflection invites us to be better people and realize how the world really moves, we realize that not everyone has the privilege of making a quarantine, With all these situations in grey, we realize our weaknesses as humanity and it is our ethical and moral responsibility, when we return to the outside world, we have a responsibility as individuals and to our society, to explore our problems and give them a solution.

Within a grey situation, we can find the colours within many people who have volunteered within this crisis, people who join together to contribute, people who know that today we need to be stronger and more united. Without forgetting the heroes who today fight for our lives despite scarce resources, thanks to the health and security services that are what have not rested until they keep us safe, by sacrificing their time, their space and even their health itself. We find ourselves in a bittersweet situation, as a pandemic awakened unexpected panic, selfish and ignorant attitudes, but also an atmosphere of unity, struggle, strength and reflection. I hope that when we come out of this situation we will all take the best of us for the world and that we will not be afraid to fight against injustice and all that our world needs. I repeat it is not a positive situation, but within the darkest situations we have the power to build some light and make it a source of inspiration, for a better world, without forgetting that the future starts today.

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