Chaos

Angry motorists stuck in cues; “NO PETROL” signs; vitriol on internet discussion boards. What is it about this current crisis, real or imagined, that evokes such fear? Human vulnerability is on display. We fear disease, system collapse, poverty, death, restrictions, even each other. Old stories, activated by perceived threat, make us fill the tank or stockpile the loo rolls. And when our particular comfort level is restored, our anxiety assuaged, we can act nonchalant and blame those others.

Whether we sit in comfort or feel victim to circumstance and spiking prices, we can pause in the chaos and listen-in.

What am I telling myself? Is this real? Do I have to react or can I slow down and feel?

What do I need? What resources do I have? What do I want to receive?

And finally, what do I choose to put out into the world right now?

Is there a better story?