你上一次感到孤独是什么时候？When was the last time you felt lonely?

©️Hermione

2020.10.21 14:39 (London)

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You are True

Heroes

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在你眼里，

自己是一座孤岛吗？

不妨开始书写，

你笔下的文字，

能通到我这里，

也能通到世界各地，

甚至还能穿越时空。

Do you see yourself

as a lone island?

Why not start writing?

The words you write,

pave the way to my place,

connect to other corners,

and even do time travels.

这篇推送是受到Luna的启发写的（想了解她更多们可以看她曾经参与的#EachforEqual挑战: Luna与科学的故事 #EachforEqual 【In English and Chinese 英中双语）。

This post is inspired my dear friend Luna (if you want to know more about her, here is her story: Luna与科学的故事 #EachforEqual 【In English and Chinese 英中双语】).

她今天给我和Andi发了一个很长的消息，问我们是否愿意写一下自己在2020年的一个感受，是否感到孤独？有什么希望和期待？有什么自己在疫情前没有注意到、逐渐意识到原来这件事对自己很重要？我觉得这么好、这么有意义的事情，当然要让更多或许也会感兴趣的人知道，所以写了这篇推送，倡议一下。

这件事之所以好，也和做这件事的人有关。她是一个有一颗金子般赤诚的心的人，而且她的笔触也很优美简洁。所以你写的文字会被认真地阅读，也会触发她新的思考。等她写好了，我也会和她商量，希望能够翻译成中文，让更多人可以看见、读到。

这件事之所以有意义，是因为这些问题都是叩击灵魂的问题，会让步履不停的人，稍稍停下来想一想，我到底有什么样的感受？我未来又希望过上怎样的生活？参与这次写作，你有机会触发更多思考与真诚的对话。

下面是她传递的讯息：

我想写一些和封锁有关的文字，聚焦于孤独感，来纪念这段艰难的时光，同时也想发现一些我们可以从中学到的经验教训。如果你有一些时间，能写一小段关于今年孤独感（有没有/如何）影响了你，就太好了。

我有想到一些相关的问题供你参考，但你可以写完全不同的内容：

1. 2020年对你来说意味着什么？

2. 你有和你爱的人好好相处吗？

3. 你有没有感到孤独？你会怎么描述这种感觉？

4. 如果你今年感到了孤独，你找到了什么解决方案或方法去避免它吗？

5. 如果你在2020年之前就已经觉得孤独了，今年有什么不同吗？

6. 看情况新冠疫情会延续到2021年，你希望看到什么？又有哪些恐惧？

7. 你有没有注意到之前一直被你忽视的、其实对你很重要的事情？

8. 当我们不再需要疏远/孤立自己的时候，你最期待什么？

Luna sent me and Andi a long message this afternoon, asking if we would like to write something as she plans to write something. This is a good event as the person who initiate it has a golden heart and writes in an elegant simple way. So what you write down will be read carefully and may bring new thoughts to her. I will ask for her authorisation to translate her work.

The event is meaningful to you as her thought-provoking questions will help you slow down and take a break. If you take this challenge, you get a chance to talk to yourself in an intimate way: what's on the earth are you feeling? What future do you want to live? Participating in this would produce and evoke more thoughts and conversations.

Here is her original message:

I’d like to write something about the experience of lockdown, with a focus on the feeling of loneliness, to commemorate how difficult it has been but also to discover the lessons we have learnt. If you have some time, it would be great if you can write a short piece about if/how loneliness has affected you this year. 

I have some questions to think about below, but you can write something completely different if you like. 

- What has 2020 meant to you?

- Have you been able to spend time with the people you love?

- Have you felt lonely? How would you describe that feeling?

- If you have felt lonely this year, have you found solutions or ways to avoid it?

- If you felt lonely before 2020, what makes this year different?

- What are your hopes and fears as the pandemic continues into 2021?

- Have you noticed something important in your life that you hadn’t paid attention to before?

- What are you looking forward to the most when we no longer need to distance/isolate ourselves?

我就不具体分享我写的文字了，不希望这篇推送太长。我想传递的讯息是：

我在这，愿意和你聊聊你的孤独感。

如果你想选择英文写作，很好，你可以发给我看，也可以直接发给Luna。你写好了可以私信问我她的邮箱。

如果你不想写，但有话想说。无论你是选择任何一个/几个问题，还是你有问题，都可以和我约时间或者在微信上和我聊聊，也可以发给我的邮箱[e-mail]。我也很期待你写信给我，因为这是我最喜欢的一种方式。当然你也可以选择画一幅画、剪一个视频。

总之交流的方式你来定，你要是不想写字，那我来和你进行录音的对话，我整理成文字，你看过之后，觉得可以，授权我翻译成英文发给Luna。你可以选择用真名还是化名或者匿名，你会看到翻译稿和你的原话。在我发给她之前，你都可以随时决定撤回你的同意。

虽然Luna和我都不是在做学术研究，只是在收集真人真事、真实感受，为自己的创作增添灵感，但要你觉得舒服，愿意分享，不舒服你随时可以撤。

如果你英语不错，想直接和Luna联系，分享你与孤独感的故事，当然可以绕过我，私信告诉我，我把她的邮箱发给你。

没有时间限制，但如果是和我约时间语音聊一聊，而不是写文字的话，建议还是和我提前约一个时间比较合适，也比较方便我们安排时间来共同完成协同写作/创作。

I won't share my draft thoughts here as I hope this post in a readable length. The take-home message I want to deliver is:

I am here, willing to talk with you about your loneliness.

If you want to write in English, perfect, you can send to Luna by yourself, and I am happy to read if you want me to read before you send to her. I will tell you her email when you finish your wrting.

If you do not want to write, but you have something want to say and would like to talk with me. Good, I write this to let you know that you are welcomed to talk with me through Wechat, or sending emails to this GEO email ([e-mail]) I set for readers.

Feel free to be creative about what you want to express, you can write a letter, create a drawing or even make a video. If you have any doubts or futher thoughts, drop me a message. I will see if I can answer or comment.

现在我要结束我这篇推送了，用一句昨天想到后觉得会心一击的话：

Now I am going to end this post with a sentence came to me yesterday:

用心做的每件事都功不唐捐，会让我们更靠近自己想看到和生活的那个世界。

Every little thing you did with your heart will pave your way to the world you would love to see and live in.

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*key workers 从事关键工作的人

1.https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision

2.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/key-essential-workers-uk/