We are not made for this new normal
In perilous times, our deepest human impulse is to draw close to each other—the very thing we’ve been told not to do.
By Cynthia Gorney
National Geographic. June 16, 2020
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2020/07/we-are-not-made-for-this-new-normal
Our deepest human impulse for the giving and receiving of comfort, especially in crisis—to move closer, to join hands, to feel the literal nearness of others—is the one we cannot indulge.