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3 Simple Tips to Survive a Crisis

Facing a worldwide pandemic due to COVID-19 has caused many people to wonder what the future holds. While the future has never been certain even before the global crisis, many people have become more worried of its impact - claiming jobs, businesses, and even so many lives - including many healthcare industry professionals. To make matters worse, there is still no tangible cure for the said disease as of the moment. How long will it last? Nobody still knows. How huge will be the economic impact? Definitely huge. But, how should we respond to it would be a better question to answer. So, how do we survive this difficult time and other future challenging times? 

In the face of disillusionment, here are 3 simple tips to survive a crisis:

 

Be Wise

While many people become too worried about the future and become demoralized, using one’s common sense won’t hurt when facing changes. “The only permanent thing on earth is change.” We’ve all heard of that, and it is true that difficult changes can happen in a person’s lifetime. Nobody really knows what a day may bring, so much more the future - like, nobody really knows how long life would be and what experiences would one undergo in his or her lifetime. There are huge changes, there are small changes too. And while we sometimes think that the world we live in is very much steady - our careers, businesses, jobs, etc.; it could just be taken back in an instant by something that the naked eye can’t even see, so much like what is happening now in the world. Who would have thought an enemy nobody expected, an enemy that doesn’t respect any throne - government or religion, would come at this time of our lives - modern, high-tech, information age? Everybody is still in disbelief on how it has turned the usual modern life we had. But there is something everybody can learn - Changes can really happen.

While life changes are sometimes planned and welcome, we should also leave room for the unexpected, the unwelcome, the difficult ones. They say, changes can either make or break people. And this is something we need to apply as we face this challenging time. We already know some friends who have succumbed to the disease. Officials of great nations, famous people, and even royalty, rich and poor; nobody is exempted. Well we can say, that’s ok, those famous people are not my family anyway. Don’t we think the threat of the virus is serious and real even to our families? 

Since the threat is inevitable, responding to it wisely would be the best move. First wise response? Accept the present. While all of us can no longer do anything with the past, and the future is still uncertain. We just have to live in the present, accept our current circumstance, and be thankful for whatever big or small blessing that we still have or are receiving.

Accepting one’s circumstance is sometimes difficult for others, they try to think of past glories, nice experiences in the past, and say “It was better when I was still with…” While those sentiments might be true, it will never help in the current situation. The wisest thing to survive, keep ourselves sane, and not jump out of the cliff, is to accept the current situation and count all the good things that are happening in our lives. This is also the time when we realize so many good things - that the world can actually exist more simply, that there are unexpected people who are there to help, that heroism is innate in many people, and many people are generous with their time and resources, even if there is no return of investment.

 

Adjust

How many of us have timelines and schedules before this pandemic happened? Now, try thinking, did I ever have a timeline for my life before? Have I ever planned that by the age of 25, I’d get married and have a happy family; by the age of 30, I would have earned my first million, have my own beautiful house and have a nice car. While many people plan (and planning is a good thing), many who had life goal timelines are not able to achieve them on time. Were you? Well, congratulations to those who were able to follow their timelines, but I’m pretty sure many who thought they would be able to achieve their goals on time, are still catching up. Then, boom! Suddenly, a worldwide crisis occured. Now many people have lost their jobs - locally and internationally. Bills are left and right, house and car amortizations too. This is a difficult time to many in the working class, but be assured, the elites are feeling the impact too! They are certainly losing multi-millions while business is on halt. 

So, the second thing we can do to survive is to adjust! The person who knows how to adjust, survives! We have to teach ourselves to be satisfied with whatever that we have for the moment. As a lesson from the Apostle Paul of the Bible, we have to be satisfied in whatever situation - poor or wealthy, full or hungry, having much or little, because God will give us the strength to face any situation. Adjusting is for both the good situation and the not so good situation. If our situation calls for a simpler life, then we have to live simply. If we have the opportunity to experience finer things in life, then we also have to adjust and act educated and mannered, showing good etiquette. 

We also adjust to nature, because the things that are natural are the things that give the earth it’s life system. When we go against it, it is not only difficult, it is also unwise. For example, building a house on top of a fault line. Most probably, even with a weak earthquake, the house could be easily destroyed. Or going against nature by simply fishing in the sky. It would not only sound like a stupid idea, it is simply impossible because it doesn’t follow the rule of nature. When we go with the waves of nature, our lives would be much easier. 

 

Teach the Young Ones to Adjust

Some people say, the new generation of our youth is totally difficult to manage. While it is probably true, parenting during the formation years also plays a great role in shaping the minds and hearts of the young ones. Many parents who love their children a lot, spoil them, as if the children become gods when they wake up in the morning. Loving our children is a good thing, but loving them means we have to teach them to adjust - to think not only of themselves but also of other people. We have to teach them to be considerate and to become responsible citizens of the country. We have to teach them not only to look at what will be good for them, but what will be good for everybody. It starts when they are still small, by teaching them to pick up their trash, to adjust with other people, to do their share in helping to keep or build the honor of the family, the society and the nation as a whole. Only when we have trained our children to adjust, will they be able to also survive their own crisis either now or in the near future. 

 

These are just some neglected but basic ideas on how to survive a crisis. No matter how difficult a crisis may seem, it is possible to survive. It may not be a great time as of the moment, but when we are wise, when we are able to adjust, and when we teach the next generation to adjust, we will surely survive the changes and crises in life.

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