We are being reset…

Before the Coronavirus brought us to our knees, life was moving forward as usual.  People weren’t taking time out for family and friends, young people were consumed with only social media and the relevance in the likes and follows it produced.  Money was ruling above all like it never had before.

For many years now, we have been witness to the blatant greed that became the only voice that mattered.  Corporations had automated every point of customer experience and people became numbers and dollar signs.

Humans have been losing their connection and at the same time losing their purpose.  We have been so consumed with the news of today and what’s popular that we completely forgot what was most important.

We watch alongside our children and wonder, what kind of world they will be left with, if left with one at all.  Time was moving so fast we couldn’t keep up.  Memories were being replaced with screen shots in our phone.

Everything that made this planet beautiful was being overrun by money and greed.  Life was beginning to have no meaning at all.

And then, we were stopped.  Like a domino effect, every nation surrounding us was on hold.  Every sale, every transaction, every event, every travel plan, and literally everything that once mattered, suddenly didn’t matter at all.    Every photo became an experience worth living.

We are being reset.  Many of us knew that it was only a matter of time that nature would run it’s course and stop the biggest threat to the planet.  We, the human race, have been shown our mortality.  We have come to understand just how fragile our existence on this planet is.  And now, we care more than ever to live in this moment and enjoy the beauty of the earth that we have taken for granted for far too long.

If and when we live through this moment, children will have been taught once again what family means.  People will have been humbled and understand to reuse and recycle and the importance that has on our survival.  Health will be something we celebrate and hold most dear.

Living for the now is what we have been given through this reset in history.  We are no longer buried in our work, obsessed with pop icons, saving for next years vacation, or simply consuming to consume.

Living for right now is the only thing that is certain.  Because of this certainty, we will rise above this and become the better version of who we were all meant to be.