What is most obvious is that most people are driven by a mindset of having. They believe they need to have things to be happy. The truth is, though, ‘stuff’ doesn’t bring happiness. It isn’t what you have, it is who are are. That is when life becomes truly extraordinary. When you learn to be who you are meant to be.
When you look at the statistics of those who have lost their lives to Coronavirus something becomes very clear. The vast majority of deaths have been of people who had an underlying health condition. They were already sick so they were more vulnerable to catching the virus and then less able to survive it.
When you look at the statistics of those who have lost their lives to Coronavirus something becomes very clear. The vast majority of deaths have been of people who had an underlying health condition.
We may not have control over our circumstances at the moment but, actually, did we ever? There have always been outside factors which have come along and challenged us in our lives. I certainly have!
We are in the midst of an unprecedented set of circumstances: a pandemic which is claiming thousands of lives every day; shortages of basic food and products; schools and public places close; government restrictions on our movement…
When we feel threatened, as we do right now, our instinct is to focus on how we can survive. The primal brain leaps into action and it drives us to consume in vast amounts (which explains the panic buying, of course). We see what is going on around us and on the news and that amplifies the fear even further. There is another way, however. We have the opportunity to thrive.
As I record this the world is in lock-down to prevent the spread of Coronavirus and we are living in a time that is outside the experience of us all. So, as we work together to manage in these extreme circumstances, I do my part in the only way I know how – to inspire.
