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A whisper on the news of something happening in China, intrigued I started to check Twitter…Keeping me up at night, this became a nightly 2am check. Pictures of incomprehensible devastation created a thirst for more credible knowledge, more research and questioning of will it come here. The whispers slowly became louder. Hand sanitizer become scarce. Surely not in Australia.
A story of someone held up for toilet paper in Singapore. What? So a few extra items bought on way home each night. A way of dealing with the internal panic of what might be coming. Looking at people going about their shopping, oblivious to the incoming threat and wondering when will they realize things are about to change?
Then slowly a sense of calm came over me, but it seemed everyone else was now realizing the threat. Fights in Australia over toilet paper. I understood why. Then haters against those panic buying. But didn’t they understand they are just scared? I now had a motto “a little bit of control what you can control, a little bit of ‘what will be will be’, and just enjoy the gift of each day.
Be kind, compassionate and support those more vulnerable. Share your toilet paper and sanitizer with your elderly neighbor. Take the chance to #bebetter”. Sadness that our elderly are vulnerable but deep gratitude of how lucky we are to be in Australia, to have the support we have and this rare opportunity to take time to pause and reflect on how we might be better when this all over.
Disruption creates opportunity - what opportunity will come from this? Perhaps just as we have listened to the scientists to keep us safe during this pandemic, we can listen to their expertise for climate change…and we change our behaviors and #becomebetter
A story of someone held up for toilet paper in Singapore. What? So a few extra items bought on way home each night. A way of dealing with the internal panic of what might be coming. Looking at people going about their shopping, oblivious to the incoming threat and wondering when will they realize things are about to change?
Then slowly a sense of calm came over me, but it seemed everyone else was now realizing the threat. Fights in Australia over toilet paper. I understood why. Then haters against those panic buying. But didn’t they understand they are just scared? I now had a motto “a little bit of control what you can control, a little bit of ‘what will be will be’, and just enjoy the gift of each day.
Be kind, compassionate and support those more vulnerable. Share your toilet paper and sanitizer with your elderly neighbor. Take the chance to #bebetter”. Sadness that our elderly are vulnerable but deep gratitude of how lucky we are to be in Australia, to have the support we have and this rare opportunity to take time to pause and reflect on how we might be better when this all over.
Disruption creates opportunity - what opportunity will come from this? Perhaps just as we have listened to the scientists to keep us safe during this pandemic, we can listen to their expertise for climate change…and we change our behaviors and #becomebetter