This afternoon, I sat at my desk, pondering what insightful content I could put together to help fellow friends and family as we all, no doubt, feel uncertainty during these times.
It made me think, what did our great, great grandparents see when they were faced with times of financial hardship, potential loss of work, raising a family with limited resources. What did those times look like in the early years of the 20th century?
As years go by, each generation is faced with what seems to be some level of crisis or hardship. Whether that be a war, a global financial crisis or a world-wide pandemic. This made me think, what helped each generation through these times of uncertainty and hardship.
Surely, we are more ‘prepared’ for these situations in 2020…
I read a quote a couple of weeks ago, it said, “Your great grandparent’s went to war to fight for a free world. Surely you can sit at home on the couch for four weeks”.
This really got me thinking hard about the world we live in today. The high paced, instantaneous, ‘I want it now’ generation. Admittedly, that’s me, guilty.
The more we have, the more we want. The more we want, the less we have.
With everything at our fingertips, online shopping, UPS delivery, high paced technology and global travel, we are so consumed with everything that is happening in the world rather than appreciating what is happening in front of eyes, the living in the present, the now!
I stumbled across a couple of images of Orewa Beach from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. How different our community looked back then? A time which my parent’s used to frequent the local beaches of the Hibiscus Coast. No shopping malls, no cell phones, no Kardashians or Trade Me. Just real people, living real lives doing real things.
The past three weeks has brought me back, not to the extent of milking cows and riding horseback. But more so, enjoying the smaller things that happen within the day.
Reaching out to friends and family. Picking up the phone and having real conversations with real people. During this global pandemic, let’s look at the things that make us whole. Not materialistic items, not fake friends, not posting on Instagram for the sake of ‘likes’.
Use this time to rediscover and restore what real life means to us all.
Kia Kaha
Coach Al
