Our world has changed and it will be a long time before it returns to normal.
In the coming weeks and months the coronavirus crisis will test us to our limit.
It will impact on every aspect of our lives.
How we react to these challenges will tell us much about who and what we are.
Instances of panic-buying around the country have been disappointing.
The Daily Record has echoed calls for shoppers to show consideration for others and to only buy what they need.
But the reaction of some kind hearts gives us hope that we have the spirit to come together and get through these dark days.
Across the country individuals and groups are organising to help the most vulnerable.
People like the players of Stenhousemuir who have volunteered to shop, collect prescriptions and dog walk have been inspirational.
As well as providing practical help they are showing older members of their community that they have not been forgotten.
We are social creatures yet we are now being told to keep away from others for the sake of our own well-being.
Of course we must follow the advice and hope it works.
But we must also think of ways we can help those among us who will be fearful of this new reality
What these football players and others have shown in the last few days represents our best instincts.
They have set a standard we should all aim to match.
A terrible way to treat people
Amanda Connelly and her American husband Joseph may soon be ripped apart over a visa row with the Home Office.
The couple have lived happily in Clydebank for the last two years but now face a legal fight to stay together.
They thought they were attending a routine meeting in Glasgow when two officials detained Joseph.
He was then sent to detention centres in Scotland and England before a late reprieve.
His battle to stay in Scotland with Amanda is not over though and is likely to drag through the courts.
The couple believe they were “treated terribly” and it is hard to disagree.
It is important the authorities keep tabs on people coming in to the UK and make sure they have the right to be here.
But was there really any good reason to split up a couple who have been together for nine tears to resolve this issue?
