A time of crisis can also be a time of discovery. We have to make sense of what is happening, and adapt to new realities. The COVID 19 pandemic is perhaps the most significant global challenge of this generation.
As well as its effects on health, the coronavirus is also wreaking another kind of havoc - on our well-being. It is holding up a mirror to our vulnerability in every sense: the fragility of our health, the illusion of financial security, and the weaknesses in key supply chains that provide what we need. This has disoriented us. What we took to be firm ground has turned out to be shifting sand: how we work and what we value most, the freedom to travel and whom we can rely on. We’re in the middle of a sandstorm and the sand dunes are moving all around us.
It has taken the COVID-19 pandemic to wake us up, but this renewed awareness creates uncertainty, disbelief, fear and worry. We’re left with unsettling questions: “How can we make sense of this situation?” “How can we navigate our way through it?” And “How do I take care of myself and my loved ones; if we get sick will we be okay?”
