It will all be fine! This sentence has been running for a few days, written on colored post-it notes for all Italian cities. Let's make it our motto in this hard and dark period. In this situation in which none of us would have ever imagined we would find ourselves. Let's repeat it within ourselves, as if to live with it. Let's say it, smiling, towards those who deride, mock and denigrate us. Towards those who make us cartoons e meme laughing at our 'misfortune'. Which, in reality, is not only ours but unfortunately affects the whole world, from east to west. And it is precisely the global dimension of this phenomenon that should, once and for all, make us understand that we are all brothers, all the same, from north to south. And that should, once and for all, stimulate those values of brotherhood, solidarity, empathy. Everything will be fine, we are sure!
Civic sense and common sense, respecting everyone
Il coronavirus it is spreading throughout our country, with cases in every region of Italy and with the enlargement of the red areas. The Government and the regions are issuing new extraordinary measures to contain the virus and which we warmly invite you to respect.. There are few prohibitions, few precautions, but fundamental for the protection of everyone. Leave the house only if absolutely necessary. Do not leave the red areas. Respect the quarantine if you have symptoms or if you have been in a risk area. Do not go to crowded places and avoid crowds of people. Maintain a distance of at least one meter from others. In addition to respecting all the hygiene rules referred to there we have talked. After all, not much is asked. But to have only civic sense and common sense in the respect of everyone.
Solidarity in the time of Covid-19
If on the one hand we must try as much as possible to remain physically separate, on the other we try to be united with the heart and soul. On the other hand, we know that Italians are a people with a heart of gold. And even in this extremely difficult and delicate situation there is certainly no lack of demonstrations of generosity and altruism. From those who bring breakfast, lunch and dinner and leave messages of thanks and encouragement to the doctors and nurses in Piacenza. To the Neapolitan pizza chef who prepares free pizzas for the health workers of Milan. Without forgetting the municipal and voluntary administrations that offer home delivery service for groceries and medicines. And voluntary associations, such as Piero di Cosenza, who also offers to pay their bills on behalf of the elderly, who are strongly advised not to leave the house.
Furthermore, in a period in which Italians and everything that is Italian is repulsed by the rest of the world, here Coldiretti launches the #mangiamoitaliano campaign. Because the quality of the products Made in Italy certainly does not fail in times of Coronavirus: our cheeses, meats, wines, oils, our pasta, meat and vegetables remain among the best in the world. Because we still have 297 Dop products and Igp and 415 Doc and Docg wines, strictly virus-free. 60.000 leading companies in the organic sector and 40.000 committed to protecting seeds at risk of extinction. Because with ours 55 UNESCO World Heritage Sites together with China we still hold the world record. Because we can still and forever boast of the artistic, architectural, natural, cultural and literary beauties of our country. Let no one forget it or question it.
Everything will be fine, yes!
And if there is one more thing that, surely, the rest of the world envies us it is our healthy humor and self-irony. Social networks are full of funny phrases, jokes and jokes. In addition to videos that release positive energy and invited everyone to remain optimistic. Because if there is another thing that we Italians know how to do is laugh at ourselves. It is getting up after a fall, getting back up after a defeat stronger than before. And we will succeed this time too. Yup. If we remain calm, we follow the recommendations that the institutions send us, we respect the rules that have been given to us by the government. And if we remain united, even if at a distance of one meter from each other. It will all be fine.
# Italian in the heart
