We have all seen and experienced so many changes over the past few months. COVID-19 has caused a health crisis on a level most of us hadn’t even imagined, beyond the pages of dystopian fiction. In addition, the financial and economic losses are staggering; even depression doesn’t properly encompass the abrupt and massive contraction we’re seeing in today’s economy. I keep struggling to absorb the “new normal,” but the truth is that it changes almost every day.
As we all try to navigate through this crisis and develop new “normals” for our continuously evolving circumstances, I’m reminded of something Theodore Roosevelt said: “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” We can’t solve the world’s problems. We can’t even address all of our problems. What we can do is take a beat, asses our current situation, and do the best we can with our current resources. Perhaps we’ll even find new opportunities along the way.