It’s when we’re united against a common fear such as illness and death that perhaps we can see our humanity. If we can just focus on improving the lives of those in our own circles, perhaps we can make things a little bit better.
I’ve been frequenting the local government health clinic lately, not out of some morbid fascination but just to recover some of the hard-earned money that went into paying taxes over 40 years.
So, every few months over the last year I queue up among the multitude of sick, or at least distressed, people while waiting for my number to be called, cards and records to be picked, tests and screenings done before I finally get to see the doctor. The reason I find my time at public clinics worth the while is that I enjoy watching the crowd. They’re all fellow Malaysian citizens or residents, united by the need to have somebody tend to their health.
Perhaps being occupied in your mind about some serious health concerns about yourself or your loved ones allows you to see what you have in common with the people around you: pain and worries and dark thoughts of mortality. In other words, it makes us realise that we’re all humans. Perhaps misery does love company. Perhaps we all should go to government clinics more often and see that we have more in common in our frailties of bodies and mind, fears about our futures and of mortality, perhaps the lack of wealth that forces many to queue at such clinics, than we have differences.
It wouldn’t be the loud politician asking us to unite, which often means uniting one faction against another. It’s when we’re united against a common fear such as illness and death that perhaps we can see our humanity.
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