Keep calm ...

It is not enough, in times of crisis...

We also need to understand what we are feeling, learn to sustain ourselves emotionally and find concrete tools so as not to get stuck in anguish, fear or uncertainty, in the face of emergencies, which reveal the best and the worst of the human being.

Emergencies show us the two most incredible faces of the human being: the deepest solidarity and at the same time the most indescribable cruelty. We have seen people helping and sharing what they have, at impressive levels. But also to others who take advantage of misfortune and suffering.

I have seen solidarity, but also looting, I have observed bravery and detachment of rescuers and meanness of those who were supposed to serve the people. It is impossible to ask, where is humanity? And probably in those harsh contrasts.

I think we have an enormous responsibility to learn from this that we are living so as not to repeat the worst part of this tragedy, which has been the human thing. These days, being away hurts too. It hurts to want to help and not know exactly how to do it. Sometimes one thinks that accompanying from a distance is not enough, but it is not.

A timely call, a calm word, listening without pressing, orienting without invading and being present even from afar can also emotionally support someone.

Strength also appears on difficult days.Venezuelans have a history made of falls, of beginnings, of helping hands.To be resilient is to remember that there is a greater force inside us than the moment we are living.

If you say it the same as me... but if you say it differently, then.... In survival the "words and emotions" make a cocktail and the one who is not aware of what he is consuming succumbs in a struggle to prevail. We assume consequences before and calmly observe that others are telling us please understand and help me. That's what it means to be smart, community and human.

Take care of yourself, and of ourselves... It's time to understand the other without losing ourselves in the process. As we continue to quantify the dimensions of the catastrophe, something invaluable begins to reveal itself, such as the need to be grateful, to accompany and value life at this moment... If so... What are we going to decide to do today with the gift of being alive???.

As long as you help yourself, you can help more... and as long as you push others, too... and if we inspire them, bravo. What is managed to be sustained over time and creates new alternatives is what prevails.

But we have to start somewhere... Let's keep going... And yes... help is based on helping, but most of all on acting. Today we embrace every Venezuelan who continues to move forward, who cares, who hopes, who helps and who still trusts, in the midst of all this that we have had to live.

Janitze 🦋