Navigating Turbulent Times Requires Resilience
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Is Overwhelming Fear, Stress, and Panic Breaking Your Resolve? 

As we collectively navigate through these turbulent and unfamiliar waters brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, I wonder how future generations will interpret this epic period in history based on the actions we take. As each of us faces a new and strangely foreign reality, one thing is certain. Our world will never be the same.

Many are standing on the sidelines of life feeling completely helpless while our fears, stress, and panic grow at an alarming and unhealthy rate. Resembling a script taken from a Hollywood disaster movie, these are truly tumultuous times. No matter how old you are, times like these have only been explored through studying history - never firsthand.

The War Nobody Predicted

Across the globe, people are suffering horribly, each with their unique experiences as we all watch "life as we know it" vanish before our eyes. The planet is dripping with tears as we fight the war nobody predicted.  Wrapped up in a world of 'fake news' and political discourse, many of us feel entirely hopeless, having little faith in our leaders.

While experiencing everything from lack of income and the inability to buy household essentials, to the loss of loved ones, this crisis has left no one untouched. Around the world, the elderly are being blatantly dismissed and are fearful of dying due to a lack of care. Some who are sure they have the virus are afraid to seek medical attention for fear of never coming home from the hospital. And some, like those with cancer, must go out into an unsafe world to continue necessary treatments.

While teenagers feel invincible, small children simply don't understand as they witness their elders attempting to navigate through worry, panic, and anxiety. Horrified, we watch as bodies of those who have lost their lives stack up in hospitals and morgues. Doctors and nurses in the hardest-hit areas are collapsing from fatigue. And those in quarantine feel completely helpless.

The fortunate among us spend their days at home in comfy clothes working via the Internet. They wait out the days for this crisis to be over, seeing it as more of an inconvenience than a nightmare. Yet in fleeting moments where we are tethered to the pain of others, we all understand, even if just for a moment, what it means to be truly trapped in these chaotic times. I wonder how future generations will interpret the actions we take during this epic period in history. As each of us faces a new and strangely foreign reality, one thing is certain. Our world will never be the same.

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