COVID-19 is taking the world by storm. The world is panicking. People are unnecessarily stocking up on food and toiletries. Businesses, amusement parks and schools are shutting down. It feels like I am in the twilight zone.
All I hear about and read about is how terrible the coronavirus is and how it’s destroying the world. Although, I haven’t personally stockpiled like all of the other doomsday preppers out there, I have been concerned. I am concerned because the entire sports world is shut down and I am currently in graduate school getting a degree to work in sports. My job could shut down, and it’s the only way I can provide for myself. There is so much uncertainly and so much I cannot control, and that is difficult for me to deal with.
I am prone to worry and stress. But instead of falling into that same old pattern right now, I am trying to find the good things in the world.
Since the NBA season has been postponed, that means every stadium is being shut down and the hourly workers cannot work. But so many of the basketball players including Zion Williamson, Kevin Love, Rudy Gobert, Giannis Antetokounmpo and more are donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to the team and stadium staff. Even NBA team owners like Marc Cuban and Ted Leonsis are putting programs in place to support their staff. Steph and Ayesha Curry are donating a million meals to students in Oakland who cannot attend school and rely on school to provide them with meals.
These are just a few examples of the many people that are helping and spreading goodness in this chaotic world. I don’t like that I am adding to the virus talk, but I had to talk about the good in the current state.
I think this is also a sign that instead of thinking about yourself in this moment of crisis (this is to everyone unnecessarily stockpiling and not leaving food for others) make sure you are looking out for those less fortunate that you. No matter how much or how little you have there is a way to help someone else. Whether you help an elderly neighbor with food, donate money to those that don’t have jobs, share a kind word or smile with someone… just one act of kindness right now can make a huge difference in someone’s world.
Alyssa Freyder 