The Divide. Open your heart to new possibilities.

Div Manickam
6 min readMay 2, 2021
Dalai Lama quote: Love and compassion for all.

It’s painful to see the divide amongst the countries in the world.

Last year was supposed to be our reset, our chance to show true compassion and show that we care. But we still have a divide between us around the world.

  • A divide between people who are healthy and safe vs people who got impacted by Covid-19. Those who got the vaccine and those who cannot or don’t have the option to get the vaccine.
  • A divide between countries who are able to provide vaccines to their citizens vs countries that are struggling.

There isn’t anyone in this world who hasn’t in one way or the other felt the pain, the struggle, the fight against the pandemic. Whether it was someone in your family or your friends or your relatives or your neighbors.

This has touched all of our lives, whether we like it or not. But we still have a divide. This was supposed to bring us all together, to show us that we are all the same: Human beings. It didn’t matter whether you were rich or poor, whether you had a house or not, whether you had a million followers on social media, you could be the one that got Covid-19.

It showed us to be vulnerable and it showed humanness. It brought us all together and gave us a level playing field. This was our chance to show that we are…

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