Many of the world’s greatest inventions and innovations came about in times of crisis.
Sometimes it takes a wake-up call… an illness, or perhaps an injury, to make us change habits and practices that could be damaging our health. It is a conscious thought-action process to do so. It is difficult to change long-standing habits, but oh, so worth it.
People often refuse to ask for help. We can even delay reaching out and seeking help until it is too late, until greater harm has come to us, or our families. The ability to accept and when necessary to seek out, and accept the help of others is critical in times of crisis.
Unemployment can be lonely. “It’s isolating to be at home while most of the rest of the world is working,” said Jennifer Hong, a mother of three in South Carolina. So she did something about it.
