I find myself reflecting a bit more about the current pandemic.

I think because I have been on the right path, whether it be keeping myself my mind, or diet. I did not feel excessive fear or anxiety, I was slightly still balanced.

But seeing how businesses industries and lives have crumbled called me to think again. What does this episode in humanity really mean or want me to do?

• Reverence for nature, tuning into it and cocreating with it
• Go inside : With cities and countries slowing down activities, flights grounding, schools stopping, people are going home. Lots of people in dense populated cities stay out more due to the small spaces trey live in. They spend a good time outside of their homes, eat outside, work outside. This action of coming in works both ways, its going back to the home front for our daily activities and its also going back to our home in the body, our mind our hearts our soul. Is it any coincidence that I am unravelling so much of my life ‘s experiences now? Not so
• Live on what you need : With resources tightening and importation and logistical difficulties, when I used to be more generous cooking, I made sure I did what is adequate now or slightly less than what I think is sufficient. To cut wastage and also to ensure that we eat just what is required, use what is required and there is no wastage. Seeing stores that have empty shelves is impactful and seeing people working to replenish is even more impactful. I m grateful to have my organic vegetables and even more that my family can still eat well. A broccoli 🥦 means more now.
• Not taking for granted and appreciating what we have
• Responsibility as a citizen of my country and a citizen of the world: I did not feel any strong sense of connection to my homeland unless it was national day and I would feel slightly more as a kid when we celebrated in school. But not so much as an adult. But grounding as Mr Ng has shared with me, is something important to feel. Its about presence and rooting and thats where you can branch out and fan out. We become slightly more sensitive to people around us as we reinspect socially responsible behaviours and what isnt. Then at a broader level, recognising how these actions affect the world and the earth as cross borders movements come to a standstill .
• How can we help: My involvement in efforts to support the local food industry made me realise that I can still give and offer effort. Even if I m not actively working now. So it’s not about positions. It’s willingness. And being involved in it made my heart beat. I liked that a lot, I havent felt that for a long time. Its that warmth and excitement, and wanting to put in more, cant wait to get this done feeling.
• Open mindedness Flexibility and Thinking Out of the Box: What else can we do?Like Singapore’s just announced that taxi drivers can now take the role of delivery. Everything is possible when we have open mindedness and willingness. Rules are meant to be broken.
• Connectedness: all borders seem to have faded into nothingness as we find ourselves more or less connected in our experiences now. We used to know that what we do have impacts on others, we dont see it then but see it now
• Connections: Connectedness and helping people simply with what connections we have amassed, using these connections beneficially such as by moving people around to reduce losses and help areas which need most
• Never Give Up: I m already thinking of how to ride the curve when we go upwards. How much more we can do when we recover.
• Ride the Flow: Mental balancing to keep pace and be on the flow
• Intuition: After all, it is not rules or advice from authorities in any way that will help us most, but that we need to rely most on our intuitive good self to feel the way and to find a way out for ourselves, our family our greater society or community.
• New norms: Like a cleaner, the pandemic is cleaning out systems mindsets, practices, habits that does not work for nature and for society and is telling humanity exactly this. What doesnt work will have to make way as we evolve and for greater good.
• Lets try and get a go at this.

Together, we are better.