We're weeks into Covid-19 and in many regards, we are getting our behinds handed to us. Deaths are mounting, fears are increasing, supplies are scarce, and many are concerned as to the days ahead. It seems we're on the losing end of much right now.
I've been involved in a lot of conversation and my own considerations as to what we as people and society become from this. How do we pivot, how do we change, what becomes the new normal? I wrote a blog post last week about some of this as well. But recently I've been thinking about football.
For most football fans, we've all likely seen our team get manhandled by another team. For Atlanta Falcon fans, in particular, it holds a sour note from Super Bowl LI. For those unfamiliar, the game was seemingly in the hands of the Falcons who had a 21-3 advantage going into halftime. I'd imagine many of the New England Patriots players were questioning their teammates, the play calling, even themselves as to why this was going so poorly. This was an unusual situation for such a winning team as the Pats, so for some, it was probably pretty easy to cast blame or doubt.
But that all changed as the Patriots regrouped at halftime and came out of the locker room having made adjustments to their scheme. The Pats then turned the tables in what was perhaps one of the biggest turnarounds in Super Bowl history to come back and win. Even at the beginning of the 3rd quarter, the Falcons scored a touchdown to lead 28-3. But then things shifted and the Patriots responded with 25 unanswered points and an eventual overtime win. I was thinking of this type of game and the situation we're in with Covid-19 right now.
Metaphorically, it seems like we're in the beginnings of a 2nd-quarter ass-kicking. And humanity is on the wrong side of the competition. We are in many regards getting killed by our opponent. The score is mounting up against us and we are responding as a team on its heels. We are pointing fingers at our coaches. We are questioning the play-calling. Some of our favorite players are injured and we're not sure what'll happen. And we are examining our own performance. There is so much unknown right now, and the score keeps racking up against us. We are trying to simply survive and figure things out that might impact our opposition's momentum. Some seem to show a bit of promise. Others not so much.
We look to be in the beginnings of the 2nd quarter with Covid-19. We anticipate more scoring against us, but we've got to keep in the game. We've got to keep trying. And when this 2nd quarter is finally over, we can then head into the locker room to examine what were some things that had been working, or at least showed promise. We can study what we've learned by looking at the play of our opposition? And most notably, what halftime adjustments should be made by our team, Humanity, that we should put into play as we exit the locker room and run out onto the field of play once again.
So let's keep in the game. Let's keep our antennae up as to what we're observing, trying out, learning about ourselves, our teammates, our coaches, and the actual game itself. Let's grab hold of each small success so that as we regroup and figure out our revised game plan, we'll be a better team as a result.