10 Life Lessons That Coronavirus Has Given Us
As badly as the coronavirus has effected life throughout the world, it has also served as a moment in time that has really opened our eyes to the way we lived prior to it. Months ago, we were living pretty recklessly, care free and in some cases without much purpose, and quarantining and social distancing has really given us a chance to stop and assess ourselves. Now, we can see how narrowminded we were and the flaws in our lifestyles, surprisingly thanks to the global pandemic. Here are a few of the life lessons that we can take forward after making it through the coronavirus:
1. Time With Loved Ones Is Irreplaceable
Being quarantined has kept us away from all the ones we love most. Many of us haven’t been in the presence of family members and best friends in a few months, and we should realize now more than ever just how special being able to spend that time with them truly is.
Before the coronavirus, we may not have thought too much of these gatherings, but the coronavirus has taught us that we must cherish each and every one of these moments while we can.
2. Some Things Just Aren’t Really That Important
Tons of us are bummed about not being able to have any summer fun this year. We’re bummed about not being able to go to games or watch sports on TV. We’re growing upset and restless with sitting inside our homes all day.
These are unprecedented times, and at the end of the day, life is far more important than an MLB season opener or a rock concert. Our health is much more important than gambling at the casino or shopping at the mall. We miss a lot of the things that have closed down, but we don’t absolutely need them to survive. Hopefully the coronavirus has taught more than one person that.
3. We Have A Lot More Than We Realize
So many of us are fortunate enough to have a roof over our heads, food in the refrigerator, television sets, a bed to sleep in, and be in good health despite what is happening in the world. Not everybody is able to say that. Some of us really have it made, and going through each day before the pandemic, we mostly overlooked this fact. The coronavirus should teach us that we really do have so many great things in our lives and should be grateful for them.
4. We Haven’t Been Grateful Enough For The Privileges We Have
This kind of ties 2 and 3 together into one. We have all of these great privileges that we seem to take for granted because its just another part of every day life. Being able to drive our cars and fly on planes. Being able to go eat out at a restaurant. Being able to sit down in a classroom and learn. Being able to wake up and go to work in the morning. Being able to go shopping at the mall. Things that are so familiar to the way we live that we think nothing of it, but have all been taken away from us due to the coronavirus.
Not everybody has a place to call home, or have food to eat, or get to receive an education or have any of the many luxurious that we have. We should learn to be more grateful for our privileges moving forward.
5. Celebrities Aren’t Untouchable
The coronavirus isn’t just effecting us average ordinary folk. The celebrities we see on TV are just as much effected as us. Having money and a mansion with a bunch of cars in the driveway doesn’t make you magically immune. Their quarantine may be a little different than ours, but if social distancing has taught us anything about the more famous people of the world, its that they are more like us than we really thought.
6. Patience Is Something We Sorely Lack
Despite cases still popping up across the country and around the world, states in America are seeming quick to open back up because of a boatload of complaints from the public. Why are we trying to rush back into our regular lives while the coronavirus is not yet really under control?
We’ve lacked patience as a society and it has shown its ugly face during this crisis. People wanting so badly to be able to live outside of their homes over protecting the health of their family and themselves could be costly, and if it is, it should teach us the true value of patience.
7. We Were Always In This Together
This is a saying I’ve been hearing more and more as a way of symbolizing the world’s unity during this global pandemic. Where was this type of energy before everything started popping off? Where will this type of thinking be when things start to die down?
We were in this together since day one, before the virus, and we’ll be in it together when we make it through. It shouldn’t have taken a world crisis for us to want and need to be there for one another. Let’s learn to grow and improve our love and respect for each other.
8. Always Be Prepared For Crazy Sh*t
This whole coronavirus thing is really crazy. It’s made all of us go crazy. Crazy to the point that millions bought out all of the toilet paper rolls and hand sanitizer and all the cleaning supplies to “keep themselves safe.”
Look, I’m this part isn’t about stocking up in preparation for an apocalypse. Its about being prepared for all of the crazy stuff life throws at us. Prepared mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually, financially. However we need to be ready, because when the coronavirus rolled through, we were ill prepared and treated it like a joke, which leads me to my next part.
9. Serious Matters Should Be Taken Seriously
Too many people, including myself actually, let themselves be convinced that the coronavirus wasn’t as bad as it was being made out to be. “It’s just a cold with additional symptoms.” “It’s just an advanced flu.” Whatever it is, its spreading so rapidly, and our lack of attention to it right away is the cause of it.
There are lots of things in life that we sweep under the rug, like the Earth’s growing pollution problem and the worsening of global warming, but not enough of us take certain matters like this seriously. Hopefully the coronavirus has made us realize that we should have taken it more seriously from the jump, and that other major issues should be taken more seriously before they too cause increased amounts of problems.
10. Facing This Adversity Will Make Us Stronger
Surviving the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 is going to make us a stronger world, a wiser world. We’ll be stronger in the sense that we know that we’re able to endure just about anything that comes our way, especially with everyone supporting each other. We’ll be wiser in the sense that we’ll know what we need to do to prevent this kind of thing from happening again, and having that knowledge will help keep the world a safe place.
