Read Between The Lines

Sometimes there is a whole lot to read between the lines.

I made the mistake of saying I missed loadshedding at home. FOMO.  I guess I should've been more specific, but I thought it would be obvious that I wouldn't miss the ACTUAL event!  

Something about us as a nation, (which you know happens when you are there, and you feel it), is that in a crisis we stick together - because we know we are in it together.

That is what I mean - I miss being "in things" with my people. 

I know loadshedding, it's been around for like 15+ years, no-one wants it! But when it happens, everyone bitches and grumbles, but we face it together. 

We go to friends who may have a gas cooker, or invite others to us, we remind one another to charge all devices, we buy solar lights for friends and family when we see them for sale, we share jokes and photos about what we are doing during loadshedding. We all loathe it, but we are in it together.

I'm here. In a vacuum where everything works and there is little, if any, collective glue that bonds you.

Ja, I can hear you saying "Stop whining and stop feeling sorry for yourself. You're in a safe country, with electricity." 

That's fine, you can say that because unless you have been where I am now, I don't expect you to understand, and that's OK.  

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