比尔盖茨的重构

今天读到一篇文章，是比尔盖茨对于新冠肺炎的反思。他认为此次疫情是一次“伟大的纠错”。

这篇文章刊载于英国的《太阳报》。以焦点的观点看，这是一篇好的重构。

如果说，所有事情都有好的一面，比尔盖茨以他的眼睛看到的这一面是：

1、病毒让人们看到了人人平等。这次疫情中，人们看到了感染者中有平民百姓，有电影明星汤姆·汉克斯，有各国政要，也有体育明星。

2、病毒提醒人们人类是个命运共同体。当你安全时，不要兴灾乐祸。雪崩之时，没有一朵雪花是无辜的。

3、生命苦短，健康为贵。人生在世，总有最重要的事情，但人们常常会忘记；

4、当生命受到威胁时，基本的食物、水，药品好过一切奢侈品；

5、病毒还提醒了我们，家不只是房子，而是房子里面的生活。

6、病毒提醒我们互相支持，互相保护，互相帮助的重要，提醒了我们自由的可贵，还提醒了我们工作不再只是一份工，更提醒了我们困难之时，保持一个好的心态的重要性。

最重要的是，它提醒人们从错误中学习。

一个好的重构可以让人心情豁然开朗。

比尔盖茨这篇文章所以让人疯狂转发，是因为困境中的人们太需要希望感。

眼下，全球疫情日趋严重，人类正在经历至暗时刻，这篇文章让人穿越恐惧、看到疫情之后可能发生的精神变革和社会变革。

原文复制如下：

This is what I believeSubject: *What is the Corona/ Covid-19 Virus Really Teaching us?* I’m a strong believer that there is a spiritual purpose behind everything that happens, whether that is what we perceive as being good or being bad.As I meditate upon this, I want to share with you what I feel the Corona/ Covid-19 virus is really doing to us:

1) It is reminding us that we are all equal, regardless of our culture, religion, occupation, financial situation or how famous we are. This disease treats us all equally, perhaps we should to. If you don’t believe me, just ask Tom Hanks.

2) It is reminding us that we are all connected and something that affects one person has an effect on another. It is reminding us that the false borders that we have put up have little value as this virus does not need a passport. It is reminding us, by oppressing us for a short time, of those in this world whose whole life is spent in oppression.

3) It is reminding us of how precious our health is and how we have moved to neglect it through eating nutrient poor manufactured food and drinking water that is contaminated with chemicals upon chemicals. If we don’t look after our health, we will, of course, get sick.

4) It is reminding us of the shortness of life and of what is most important for us to do, which is to help each other, especially those who are old or sick. Our purpose is not to buy toilet roll.

5) It is reminding us of how materialistic our society has become and how, when in times of difficulty, we remember that it’s the essentials that we need (food, water, medicine) as opposed to the luxuries that we sometimes unnecessarily give value to.

6) It is reminding us of how important our family and home life is and how much we have neglected this. It is forcing us back into our houses so we can rebuild them into our home and to strengthen our family unit.

7) It is reminding us that our true work is not our job, that is what we do, not what we were created to do.Our true work is to look after each other, to protect each other and to be of benefit to one another.

8) It is reminding us to keep our egos in check. It is reminding us that no matter how great we think we are or how great others think we are,a virus can bring our world to a standstill.

9) It is reminding us that the power of freewill is in our hands. We can choose to cooperate and help each other, to share, to give, to help and to support each other or we can choose to be selfish, to hoard, to look afteronly our self. Indeed, it is difficulties that bring out our true colors.

10) It is reminding us that we can be patient, or we can panic. We can either understand that this type of situation has happened many times before in history and will pass, or we can panic and see it as the end of the world and, consequently, cause ourselves more harm than good.

11) It is reminding us that this can either be an end or a new beginning. This can be a time of reflection and understanding, where we learn from our mistakes, or it can be the start of a cycle which will continue until we finally learn the lesson we are meant to.

12) It is reminding us that this Earth is sick. It is reminding us that we need to look at the rate of deforestation just as urgently as we look at the speed at which toilet rolls are disappearing off of shelves. We are sick because our home is sick. 13) It is reminding us that after every difficulty, there is always ease. Life is cyclical, and this is just a phase in this great cycle. We do not need to panic; this too shall pass.

14) Whereas many see the Corona/ Covid-19 virus as a great disaster, I prefer to see it as a *great corrector*It is sent to remind us of the important lessons that we seem to have forgotten and it is up to us if we will learn them or not.