Epicenter is an elegant word?
When I watched the newspapers and saw the word "epicenter" I believed that it was a chic, elegant word and I didn't really care what it meant, but I liked to repeat it and appreciate its sound. However, the day I felt the meaning of that word, I discovered that reality is not sophisticated, but sad, miserable and causes a lot of fear and despair.
One day the region where I live became the epicenter of a strong earthquake. We were taken by surprise, we did not prepare them, we did not know about their coming, but their effects caused us a lot of suffering, because the destruction they caused, the deaths, the search for loved ones, the loss of energy, water and food, showed that epicenter is a poor, mean, dirty word that does not deserve admiration, it totally changed my childish mind.
Not to mention the fear we felt during the earthquake. Instability, our bodies being thrown against the wall, furniture falling on our heads, collapses, people buried, among others.
As time went by, I realized that the word epicenter can also be seen as a form of resilience, because that's what I saw in my community when that moment passed and we had to rebuild our lives, in the best possible way.