Day Twenty-Five: Connect to Celebration

I recently read an article about how many people believe that when crisis hits, human beings become really selfish and cutthroat. We all think that every man will be for himself and we need to protect our own first. In reality, the vast majority of humans, in crisis moments, become incredibly pro-social. We help each other out, we sacrifice, we give back and then we look around for anyone else who is in need.

I know we’ve heard about all the people hoarding hundreds of rolls of toilet paper or that guy who bought thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer to resell at higher prices. Those people exist, but they’re few and far between. Most of us are working really, really hard to help out how we can, even if that just means sitting tight.

How can we celebrate that? This is the big, hard thing of our time and although it’s not as heroic as going to war, giving up an entire life, putting human life before personal desires, trusting that we’ll all work to rebuild when this is over – these are worthy of celebration. And for the first time that I’ve heard of, the whole world is working together to stop this thing. Yes, there’s bickering, and yes, not everyone is at their best, but I’m proud of us. Let’s take a moment to celebrate our sacrifices, big and small.