quarantine: a lesson for humanity
2020 seems to be stuck at 33% on the loading screen. Our lives, and everything within them, have been slowed or even halted. My biggest question: where do we go from here?
Eric Weinstein, a Modern-Day Philosopher, said it best when he said ‘we are waking up from a 75-year nap.’ That’s how long it’s been since something connected the globe through shared experience.
Those shared experiences that we now have with our almost 8 billion brothers and sisters are not only experiences of fear and sickness. They’re also experiences of reconnection; to family, nature, and the human spirit.
As we move through these times, be very conscious of what defines this season for you.
Will you look back on this season and realize that you’re life, your job, your path, wasn’t as good as you thought? Do you feel the need to break new ground? Are you rediscovering anything about yourself that you’d lost your fire for?
What is the impact of 8 billion people slowing down? Hopefully, it means society gains some perspective on day to day life. I think there are a lot of dads at home with families realizing how much they love spending more time with their kids. I bet there’s a lot of young people realizing they really should visit their grandparents more. I’m sure there are teachers who miss teaching students and coaches who miss having practice. At the same time, most of the world is wondering how they’ll pay their bills this month. What I’m getting at, is all of these things lead up to gratitude.
(PS It’s impossible to feel grateful and fearful simultaneously, prove me wrong)
When we step back, we can see all that we have in front of us. The bounty, the blessings, the burdens, all of it. When we have this line of view it’s much easier to weigh out the balance of our lives and truly see how blessed we are. Or, how out of balance, depending on the person.
On a global level, I think we had already begun waking up and we’re just now realizing it. One thing I’ve noticed is how the Great Awakening is always coming, but never here. I’m here to say, that another Great Awakening is here among us. Humans are waking up to the beauty of life, and the stark contrast of our world that our media displays. We are seeing our world for what it truly is, the bounty, the blessing, and the burdens.
My prediction: This graduation of our collective consciousness will be ultimately marked by us becoming a more empathic and empathetic people, however long that may take. The noblest mission we can take up as a species is the act of imagining ourselves in our adversary’s shoes. If we don’t choose this path, we will continue to live at war with each other. Not just every four years, but for eternity.