The positive effects of Covid.
Suddenly a whole came tumbling down.
The world got a stop sign and nearly everything got affected.
Most considered the effect as very negative as it did disturb their routine based lives.
The negative feeling came when they realized that they had no freedom to do whatever they wanted.
That they had to be considerate of others and that they had to carry the responsibility for others.
Yes,
Suddenly the freedom of caring became a duty.
A weird duty that nobody asked for.
Now everyone is forth to think about others while at the same time thinking about themselves.
The new situation demands consideration of your current life,
Your position in work and society,
It shows you are important enough to others or not.
Most people are forced to stay home,
At least for a period of time.
During this period you work and try to continue what you are doing and find how others really work when they are no longer covered or hiding behind their colleagues or customers.
To show hard work is no longer useful as only efficient work will stand out.
You need to organize your life in a new way,
Make schedules and plans for the day,
The week and maybe even longer.
Some discover that working at home is perfect for them and others will miss the partnership and sparring during meetings.
No matter what company you work for you will be judged on productivity and real spent working hours,
No longer of being in office or not.
The positive side of this is the fact that companies will be able to select more efficient working people and soon be more productive with lesser people.
This implies that many people will lose their jobs and must find alternatives.
Does it sound negative to you?
Well it is probably not at all.
Many people are not made for being in a job,
Having a job or serve as an employee.
They serve as their life brought them there.
They followed the path and made blind steps.
In fact many did walk a path in life without even considering what they were doing.
During a crisis there are always a group of victims and people who wake up.
The victims will suffer,
Fade away,
They lose out and finally will disappear.
That is the natures and it is a really hard side of it.
No consideration for the weak.
The others find ways,
Such as living and working in temples,
Monastery,
Craftsman,
Amber woman,
Artist,
Sports specialist and the list goes on and on.
Profits that seem to offer no career as it is personal and not demanding high qualifications.
But when we take a closer look at all these not profitable professions,
What do you discover?
Take a piece of paper and draw two columns.
Before you continue to listen,
Take a moment of silence and answer the following questions.
Write down as many names as possible from politicians and rulers,
Such as kings and presidents,
People in power,
People who did impress you.
And that's what you write down in the left column.
In the right column you write people you know from arts,
Sport,
Religion,
Belief and spirituality.
So I now ask you put this podcast on pause now and start writing.
When you look at your list,
You will not be surprised that your right list is probably much longer than your left column.
The reason is that you remember what you like,
What you love,
The things that you feel connected with.
Most people will remember the people in the right column.
Yes some will be focused on the left,
On career and on the politics,
But there are rather few.
The others automatically will remember people's performances,
The things that they left behind and not the money they made or the battles they fought.
You remember performances,
Artistic products,
Music or anything else that had your personal interest and passion.
These results live on through history and carry their fame into the future.
Some will last ages or even centuries with followers,
Devotees and admirers.
Yes you may not earn fortunes,
Live in a villa,
Drive fast cars or eat the most expensive food.
That could be very true.
But are you able and willing to give all your life for a career,
Sell your soul for the money and suffer daily when you are not able to achieve what is desired?
We have entered the time of the awakening and you should,
Some even with the force of the crisis,
Open your eyes to realize that life is not bad at all if you scale down and accept what life is offering you.
Your life is worth living when you embrace the beauty of it.
Reach out for others without expectations.
You always had to receive returns,
Give your time and not expect it back.
Open your heart for the new and leave behind the burden of the old.
The crisis may have crushed a lot of hope but there is always another door open when one is closed,
Even when it closed in front of you.
Turn as long as needed,
Ask and search but leave expectations out.
You are beautiful for who you are and now look in the mirror and ask yourself these simple questions.
Do I dare to face myself and the new road?
The answer is that the road ahead is narrow and bumpy,
Maybe filled with stones and rocks but you never give up or go away.
That smile of yours is stronger than the sword and your body,
A tool of the mind and that can help you to go anywhere,
No matter how limited it can be.
The positive side of this crisis is the opening you seek to be originally and yourself.
So keep on moving.
It's a positive time when you want it to be.
You can be a king of your own destiny.
