This is a war and not a battle; and to win this war, every small unit has to brave on. These were my thoughts as I woke up this morning. The night before I had gone to bed thinking of how the world has changed. How the daily sights and sounds have altered, bringing in regularly, the not so good ambulance sirens and the divine sunsets that previously one travelled far and wide for. It's really become a life of soldiering on.
The smallest unit in this war is the individual. And like in every way the units need to be patient, resilient, alert, prepared and most importantly adhering to protocol. It is tough following a daily routine of home chores and work, not being able to socialize, and cleaning and sanitizing every object one comes in contact with. Yet we need to be resilient in continuing with this new protocol. We need all our strength to be patient till that day when we can start socializing again. We need to be alert to our body and our mind because those are what we need to prepare the most against the vicious enemy, the virus!
All units need reinforcement in the time of war. That timely call for help can draw the fine line between victory and a bravely lost battle. The help has to be for self care, mental and physical. The help has to be for those around us who need comforting or continuing with daily routines. The help has to be for the extraordinary circumstances that may arise. Being alert and prepared, one needs to draw on from others because right now we are all in the same boat!
Community as a unit cannot be ignored. And that is where responsibility towards one another matters. We need to be empathetic in our approach of patient, resilient protocol administering. We need clear and alert communication of the situation, protocol and preparedness. And we need to respond in time and without discrimination in a call for help. But above all we need to know that if the individual does not do it's ask, the community accountability will not be of any use.
Lastly it is the bodies of governance who make available the infrastructure, the enablers and the line of sight. Our governance bodies need to adopt more agility, higher tuning with the ground level events and suspend their own personal agendas till the war has been won. Once that their own battles can restart and they would not have lost much. But if personal ambition supercedes the larger goal, there will be no use of having achieved own goals.
These are tough times that are drawing on mankind's ability to survive. And that not only means adapting ways we live, but also the way we think, execute and relate. Once this is over, those nations that come on top will be the ones who will emerge powerful, stronger and more united. Those that fall behind will have generations of pain that will be difficult to ease. We have the choice and we have the might. Question is whether our sight is fore or narrow...
