If not us, then who?

If not us, then who? This is something that didn’t mean much to me for most of my life but the last few years it has certainly hit me deeper.

This whole thing, and by thing I mean the world, doesn’t work unless we all pick up some slack; in our careers, with family and friends, with strangers, and especially in times of crisis.

Expecting or even hoping that someone else will do it doesn’t move the world forward. ‘It’ being whatever situation that causes our mind to have the extremely quick conversation about whether something is our problem or not. For the masses, this conversation regularly ends with the decision that it is not their problem and for the few, it is. These few are the special ones. The ones who give with nothing expected in return, no end result to their deeds.

If not us, then who?

Let’s ask ourselves this question more often. Let’s audit ourselves against the acts we do for the common good. Let’s give. Let’s serve. It’s not up to someone else, the next person or someone with more time or less importance, it’s up to us.

There have been plenty of times in history where this calling has been asked of us and it’s being asked again. We’ve done it in floods and fires, war and disasters, and now we must do it for a pandemic.

Every where has the same task asked of them but in Queensland specifically, we have 2:

1. Stay home unless completely necessary and follow all hygiene and distancing protocols.
2. If you are willing and able (refer to the first line) put your name down for the Care Army that the Queensland Government has created today. It’s simply a case of raising your hand and saying that if a vulnerable person living close to you needs help with simple things like groceries or medications, that you would be willing to deliver that for them so they can limit their risk to the virus.

If you are an essential worker on the frontlines battling this virus then you are already a hero and the above doesn’t necessarily apply to you. You’ve already answered the call. For the rest of us, we have a choice like always. I’m here, writing this, imploring that you choose strength, service and leadership. That you decide it’s not up to the who; but it’s up to you, to me, to everyone.

Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?

Martin Luther King, Jr.

For more information on answering the call, please visit https://www.qld.gov.au/community/support-for-carers/care-army

Pursue your potential

Dice