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Maybe ‘the point’ isn’t to live more, in the literal sense of a longer or more productive life, but rather, to be more alive in any given moment. – Wunderman Thompson report
It was quite a revelation and a mindshift.
In the midst of loadshedding, raging storms and devastating floods and winds, and everything but a gorgeous spring, I was totally flattened for two weeks by the new Covid variant. When I eventually staggered from my bed, I had absolutely no lust for life.
Is this all there is? I wondered pessimistically.
And then a substantial report, The Age of Re-enchantment, from trend gurus Wunderman Thompson landed in my inbox. What a relief! It was not just me who felt that way; most of the world is bone-weary, and longing for happiness, amazement and magical enchantment.
The pandemic is responsible for many things, but it’s a fact that there is a deep feeling of loss and malaise all around the world. (See ‘What people say’ on page 117.) According to the American psychologist Mike Rucker, we have had the
