Individual responsibility during the opening process after quarantine is essential to live with coronavirus, now we will have to show behaviors that go beyond civility, we will talk about the feeling of survival, being aware and applying an approach from which we must think and act as a collective.
Throughout our most recent history, we have never been imposed on such a strict set of rules. Have we lost what we have fought so hard for decades: freedom, freedom of movement to move, work, communicate?
Measures taken to contain the number of infections kept us captive in our homes while the world was in pause.
Today our societies are beginning to awaken their activities in a timid way, through new measures in which we receive authorizations, small steps with which we can minimize economic activity and also our opportunity to reconnect with the street, with the people, with what we call today?new normality ?.
However, opportunities to live with the virus more or less successfully are possible if we take care of our behavior, it is time to demonstrate our maturity as humanity, our ability to be responsible and to take care not only of ourselves, but also of each other, of what is so precious and necessary in this world.
In addition to the rules imposed, there is the responsibility, generosity and moral sense we use to know what is right and what is wrong all the time.
There has come a crucial time when no one needs to remind us of what is not allowed; we have witnessed this disease for a long time to figure out how to protect ourselves and how to protect others.
In a way, this pandemic must also awaken in each of us new ethical values, with which to give meaning and meaning to everything we live.
Not only are we asked to follow rules, in this time of confinement many have done a valuable exercise in thought to understand that what our world needs now is empathy, generosity and knowing how to act as a group to successfully overcome this moment of crisis. On all levels.
There is something to be clear about, to deal with the current pandemic, it is not only enough to take care of our physical health, but also the fact that we must all respect the social distance and always leave the house with a mask. guidelines, not all the problems that are currently occurring are resolved.
There are people with serious psychological problems who suffer the loneliness of their four walls, thousands of people have not yet been able to mourn the loss of their loved ones.
There are families who are exhausting their resources, knowing that they may not be able to fill the refrigerator next month and children may not be able to continue their education normally. Companies don’t know how or when they’ll be able to get back to their normal operations.
Personal responsibility at the inauguration is also to be aware of these realities, to realize that, as far as possible, we can all do something for others.
Generosity, proactive empathy and the ability to innovate or devise new strategies to better survive this stage of life with the virus are also part of our responsibility value.
Personal awareness draws on values and the capacity for reflection, it is the gaze that manages to leave the world itself to connect with others and understand how to act, individual responsibility during openness is to understand what standards govern our society and our commitment to them in every way possible.
Why are there people who are having trouble complying with these basic principles?In recent days, we have seen people sometimes forget about the existence of a virus that makes thousands of lives every day in the world. We have no sense of risk, because we aspire to our old lives, when they no longer have a place in the new reality.
There are many reasons why individual responsibility is diluted and leads to irresponsibility, lack of civility and also lack of humanity, because the sense of humanity involves going beyond selfishness and self-satisfaction to understand that we are a social group and that our survival begins with the care and protection of the other.
In the current environment, we have two options. The first is to regret our lack of rights: the right to go out, to interact, to travel, to open our stores normally, to embrace, to kiss, to eat normally in a restaurant, the second option is to stop repenting and act with proactive empathy.
It is this competence that makes us truly human, authentic people who understand the situation and act accordingly, thinking of the other, protecting themselves, from the present obligations, but also being able to go further.
In what way? Help and be part of this true transformation that we need now, a reality in which we can all live together safely, taking care of the well-being of all.