Lessons to learn from COVID-19
As we grow older, we try to make sense of this crazy
world and all that’s happening around us and to us.
We seek to put things into perspective and look for
purpose. If we are philosophical at all, we grab on to the notion that nothing happens
by chance and everything has a meaning, even if we just cannot see or place it
at present. Take, for example, how the world practically ground to a halt in
the first half of 2020 because of the coronavirus, a virus which no one knew
about eight months ago.
Today our whole lives have changed and with it come
some interesting world views. Read and see how many you agree with.
1. Life is
short: Seems simple enough but do we truly comprehend that we can be here
today and gone later today? Have you never had a friend whom you said “later”
to with every intention of seeing them again, only to get a call that they have
passed? Tomorrow really is not promised to anyone.
2. Jobs are
temporary: Thousands of people, especially those in the tourism sector, were
slapped hard by this fact. There is nothing called ‘job security’ anymore.
Everyone is feeling the squeeze and every Friday people live in fear of getting
that dreaded letter which tells them in a nutshell…’thank you for your service’.
3. Health is
wealth: COVID-19 has taken its toll on many of the vulnerable living with
underlying conditions. We often lament about the cost of eating healthy but ask
yourself, ‘is it not cheaper to buy fresh fruit and vegetables in 2020 then to
spend thousands on hospitalisation in 2021′?
4. SAVE: Idealists can say whatever they want but we
are not living in an ideal world and it takes cash to care. You can never have
enough money. One bad decision or one illness can move you from being in the
black to living in the red. Curb your need for retail therapy ever month and save
like your life depends on it because one day it might.
5. Find a spiritual outlet: For most of us this is God. When times get hard we tend to ask ‘why?’. We need an avenue through which to work through our issues. We may not get all our answers immediately but eventually all things will be revealed.
