我們真的得到很多，特別是你現在還能看到這篇文。
我們一點都不辛苦，真正辛苦的人是那些盡心力維持這個國家運轉的人，特別是醫療人員，這場戰有多難，你們還是硬往火場衝，無比感謝。
進入黑暗就是為了看到光，你是不是那道光？我們都有機會成為自己與別人的光，這也是我們的價值。
至於那些扯後腿講些543以及不尊重醫療人員的人，你就在你們的黑暗好好呆著吧，這也是你們對自己生命的選擇，以及價值，不關我們的事。
謝謝劉軒先生翻譯了在紐約朋友寫下的這篇文，讓我們更清楚知道自己有多幸運，以及，要多感謝自己如此被照顧，他的文字充滿力量與光，在黑暗中的掌聲像一盞一盞串起來的光點，看似孤寂的城市，蘊藏著強大愛的能量。
這城市已經活過來了。
因為愛與感謝。
宇宙無敵。
#進入黑暗就是為了看到光 我們自己就是那道光
#我們都能夠選擇成為自己以及別人的光
#謝謝台灣政府 謝謝防疫人員 謝謝醫療人員
#愛與感謝 宇宙無敵
So this just happened: At 7:00 PM this evening NYC clapped and cheered for all the Essential Workers keeping this city going. Thank you to all those on the front lines!
In Astoria, NYC, this wave of applause resounded, echoing in the canyon in the back of the building where I live for a good 3 minutes. Even I joined in with my neighbors as I tried to make some noise out my window. I clapped as best as I could with my “wonky left arm/shoulder” and I may have yelled out a “Thank You!!”.
To me it felt like more than just a loud way to show our appreciation to all those Essential Workers. It was a way to collectively make some noise as a group, in unity. To me, perhaps because I already spend so much time in solitude, it was an emotional release to let out a “Woo” at the top of my lungs — instead of a pent up scream of losing my mind. Damn.
I think it may have been a release for the entire City of New York.
In my overly dramatic mind, all of this applause and noise and yelling and cheering all around me almost felt like a collective roar at the sky, at Heaven itself, for the fate which is enveloping humanity at this moment.
And as I pondered this and took notice of neighbors out on fire escapes and hands clapping in windows, I glanced to my right and realized why all those out on their fire escapes were turning to the right and directing their cheering in that direction. It was because that is the direction of the hospital in Astoria, and looking to the right and out the window, I realized that the ambulance bay is probably the length of a city block away from me. I can see it. I know this intrinsically as I have lived here for over 20 years now and the sirens from the emergency vehicles around that hospital often startle me awake in the middle of the night. Having a hospital on the corner of my large city block always felt like a good thing, and it still does, but I must say I didn’t give the implications from the pandemic much thought until I actually saw that ambulance bay, open to the back alley behind my building.
I still don’t want to think about those implications. I’d rather think about courage and dedication of the hospital staff who came out in their white and green scrubs, in protective covering, in full “PPE” (Personal Protective Equipment) into that ambulance bay. They barely paused to take in the cheering directed at them as they went about their duties. For me it was a startling glimpse into the edge of the trenches on the front line of this battle with this latest scourge on Humanity.
