How to build hope for a post-COVID world: join up

By Denis Moriarty
Updated July 2 2021 - 1:25am, first published August 3 2020 - 7:00am
In these times of crisis, volunteering can help heal the world, and help yourself as well. Photo: Shutterstock
In these times of crisis, volunteering can help heal the world, and help yourself as well. Photo: Shutterstock

For nearly all Australians, everything about COVID-19 seems to be precisely calculated to fall into the zone of dull resentment. The threat is serious enough for most people to feel anxious, but not serious enough for them to feel terrified, which might be exciting. The precautions are taxing enough to make us feel burdened, but not tough enough to let us feel heroic. The spread isn't fast enough to make us despairing or slow enough for us to feel relieved, which makes it hard for us to maintain our commitment to the steady and unceasing grind that's the only thing that will get us through this.

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