It seems a completely lost cause to make any plans for a long shot today. Everything what can depend on me, I do my best day by day. But nevertheless, I hope that all wishful things will come true.
Victoriia Dzhim, Kyiv:
… used to take for granted sleeping calmly, having a warm house and a lot of food. Now I start to value it, because I realise that even it’s so simply not everyone has it now.
Maryna Yanovska, Ukraine:
I realized how many things I took for granted. It’s primitive maybe, but an ability to sleep in my room, eat after it’s dark outside, have my own space, and knowledge that all my darlings are more or less safe – is everything I need for a comfortable life.
Julia Krasii, Kyiv:
I took for granted that most people, especially russians, understand how bad it is to choose violence. Little did I know that they are a lost cause.
Yana Bereznyak, Kyiv:
I had to get through the longest being away from home. I used to take for granted my previous life with the most valuable people for me. I believe that when I come home, my attitude to my family will be absolutely different.
Valeria Hodasevich Kyiv:
Almost everyone has a fine line between the war and peace now. Every person take sirens for granted, it’s awful… But yesterday I met with my classmates, and we were talking about our days. And they all have wishful thinking about peace in our country. They imagine that everything is great, and it will be like that!
Marharyta Yanets, Berlin:
It is wishful thinking to expect that russians can change their mindset. russia’s invasion of Ukraine was our final straw.
Mariia Ponomaryova, Germany:
We took for granted our walks with friends, quiet evenings in the yard near home, blossoming of the trees in April. Now that we have been forced to leave out homes, our hearts ache the most at such idyllic, even slightly detached, moments.
Halia Kunashuk, Poltava:
During the war and even before it I realized, that I should appreciate every moment in my life and don’t take it for granted. Now I can’t afford many things, so I started highly appreciate peaceful times.
Anastasia Dyagileva, Kyiv:
During these 50 days I had a fine line between a breakdown and stable state.
It’s taken for granted that there is genocide of Ukrainians
Kate Grynchuk, Kyiv:
My wishful thinking will be that the war will stop with our winning as soon as possible. And Russia will never be able to capture any territory in any country. And the saving grace will be if this terrible prehistoric country wouldn’t exist anymore. Cause my lost cause was an interview with “good” Russians, who are accusing only the president.
Dmytro Buhta, Ukraine:
I’ve always thought that the surrounding quiet is just a normal thing and always taken it for granted, but during 2 weeks in grey area I understood that it is a pleasure that we underestimate.
It was a clear wishful thinking that russians can destroy every country and as Ukraine showed – they can even destroy themselves.
