[DWC-19] Dancing with COVID-19

Decades from now, historians will write about this paradigm shift that we’re living through called COVID-19.

Global pandemic.

Self-quarantine.

Social distancing.

Flattening the curve.

Global air travel cancelled.

No mass gatherings at churches, mosques, weddings or funerals.

All schools and Universities shut down.

Unprecedented times.

Depending on who you listen to, this is either a storm to be weathered or the end of the world as we know it.

But in between weathering COVID-19 and fearing COVID-19, there is a nuanced opportunity to dance with COVID-19.

Dance.

To move with rhythm, grace, energy, daring and joy in response to the groove of the music which is COVID-19.

Dance.

Even if the virus were to be completely eradicated today, our way of life has been completely altered forever.

And in embracing the new reality we’re in, you have the amazing gift of discovering a new world with new ways to reinvent yourself, transform your circumstances…to live, long and prosper.

This opportunity won’t last forever.

Eventually the music will stop playing and the dance will become the status quo.

But while it’s still playing, this series of posts called DWC-19, is an attempt to provoke us to dance while others are keeping their head down and panicking.

Image: Seth Godin and Hugh MacLeod (V is for Vulnerable)