How to Follow a Vicious Year with Outstanding Actions
First, figure out how to drown out the noise.
Michonne is my eMentor and idol. You know, the fearless Zombie slayer from the television series The Walking Dead.
Regularly over these past months, I envisioned myself, like the Miche, cruising our city streets, a chained and masked coronavirus shackled to each of my wrists. Unfortunately, the type of zombies out to get us are Covid19 and invisible.
Too bad, huh. Imagine if we could fully see the corona-zombies creeping down our residential streets, burrowing into our bodies, and collapsing our lungs to mush. Would these visuals unify our collective response?
We will never know. The case numbers rise, the doubters remain rigid and uncaring. Safety is in the hands of those of us trying to be responsible and respectful.
The grim reality is this: not everyone will finally see the light and agree to become life-saving do-bees.
That, my friends, is the first of many difficult noises in our heads that we need to silence. We do our part, and when possible, we positively assist others to do the same.
The grim reality is this: not everyone will finally see the light and agree to become life-saving do-bees. Like it or not, while many stay diligent, we must accept the cards dealt in our laps and search out positive go-forward strategies.
Sure enough, it’s easy to write these words but hard to put into practice. What choice do we have? The weight of these distractions will ultimately leave us even more vulnerable than we are today.
Any magic spells out there?
There is no magic wand fix to covid at this moment. Vaccines and better treatments show excellent promise. Yet, we can not hide under our blankets in a state of depression, waiting for the back to normal. Neither can we pretend that our lives are the same as they were in January of 2020.
At least for this season, Christmas and holiday celebrations cannot deviate from the scientist’s suggestions. As one politician said recently: Tone your 2020 celebrations to a whisper so that…
