Collective Wisdom
There is an interesting incident in the first #Ironman film.
Tony Stark, the genius billionaire, high tech arms manufacturer and overall modest human being, gets captured and forced to work on a missile by his enemies.
Locked up in a cave, miles away from help, Tony has nothing but his own wits, intelligence and daring to plan his escape-which he does by creating the state of the art Iron Man outfit.
That tale strikes a chord at some level in these times.
All of humanity seems to have been trapped into a corner by a tyrannical force, which even if invisible, is even more threatening,
We have to back ourselves to get out of this cave.
All we have is the collective wisdom of the human race, our inventive streak, coupled with our resilience as a species.
That’s actually a lot.
Those are the kind of assets which have propelled the human race to feats of extraordinary greatness in a very short span of time.
Even at an individual level, we will find ourselves with our backs to the wall-both during and post this pandemic.
But having confidence in one’s own ability to handle the situation is a priceless mindset to have at such moments.
There’s more Iron in all of us, than we think,