MERCEDES ERRA “I believe we have all found a certain depth – an enhanced sense of being that makes us grow” 2020 will leave a lasting impression on me. With the lockdown, I believe that this shift in focus requires everyone to embark on a renewed path and to carry out an This year has revealed the extreme fragility of our world. Weintrospection which is not all negative, because it points never imagined that we would be at the mercy of a virustowards what’s essential. It forces us to find resources from sweeping the globe and stopping world affairs within just awithin. Everything that was superficial collapses and makes few weeks. Like many of you, I am engaged in a constant raceway for what’s truly important, for the relationships that matter - living fast is my daily routine. most. Body and mind focus on these fundamentals. The hits we take compel us to find this inner strength. I have been And all of a sudden, everything stops. Only then do youfeeling “in sync with myself”, strengthened and more focused realise what you so easily forget: the importance of lifeon what truly matters. I believe we have all found a certain whether your own, or that of your loved ones. And you finddepth - an enhanced sense of being that makes us grow. out that this time, the right strategy to fight back is not attack, but withdrawal: turning in upon yourself, upon your ownMy perception of time has changed, too, opening up sphere. Then, of course, along with the lockdown emerges anpossibilities of which I’d often been deprived, giving me time unprecedented threat on economic life, which is part of lifeto actually read, to read great works. itself. The agency took hits as well, and it did so with great courage. The world has changed priorities, as it now gravitates, inI can’t help but find it wonderful. I only love it that much more. various ways, towards health and human life. This is whatI can feel the strength of BETC, of the people that make it. I brings us all together. It is a powerful statement of ourbelieve it is in these moments that we need to love what we humanity. have created - and to believe in it. 25 DARE!