So Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been dominating our lives for weeks and week now.
But we do have some control over what happens. We can choose to stay home. We can choose to wash our hands. We can choose to do social distancing.
And we are lucky (unlike some other countries) to have good leadership at this time of crisis. Leo Varadkar is doing a great job. So is Simon Harris. So is Tony Holohan. So are our front-line workers.
But my admiration for Leo Varadkar went up a few notches back in March when he used a line from the Terminator movies during a very serious speech. He quoted the line: “There is no fate but what we make for ourselves”.
At first I was astonished – I thought I must have misheard.
But no – he really did say it. Fair play to him.
Here are the speeches by Leo, Simon and Tony (the line is at 6:14):