Individually and collectively, consciously and subconsciously, alone and together, we are grieving the loss of the familiar world that we knew only a few short weeks ago, and the way of life that we took for granted. In the face of such uncertainty, however, there is one thing that we do know with absolute certainty-we are a planet deep in grief. We have no map to lead us as we find our way in this historic and bizarre crisis. We can’t know, because a global shutdown in a globalized world has never happened before. The honest answer to the question of “what comes next” is that no one knows with certainty.
As they watch their jobs, business, and savings evaporate day-by-day in the shutdown, they feel that their future is evaporating as well. The question on everyone’s mind is “What now? What happens next?” The answer to this question is the source of fear and frustration, as well as anxiety and anger for hundreds of thousands of people across the world. And just like that, the lives of nearly 20% of earth’s population-over 1.7 billion people-have been forced into a new and difficult reality.
In a matter of days following the declaration of a global pandemic, the mundane routines of everyday life ground to a halt in an effort to slow the spread of the COVID19 virus. It happened in plain sight, as we watched like the proverbial train wreck that we know will end in disaster, yet cannot stop watching.
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