Old McDonald had a pig but then he caught swine flu and his farm went into foreclosure. The sky is falling. The world is ending. We’ll all be dead by Tuesday.
Thanks to the constant barrage of media attention, we are now all familiar with the swine flu “crisis” that will apparently destroy the planet by this weekend.
Now I don’t mean to belittle the situation, and I certainly understand that there are some serious health risks associated with this disease. That being said, here is exactly how I’m responding to the situation…
- Don’t Stress About What You Can’t Control – I’ll do what all the experts tell us to do…wash your hands more, be more cautious with human contact, drink lots of water, etc, etc, etc. But I’m not going to move into a cave and live in isolation out of fear. I talk about this a lot but there are some things in life you just can’t control, but you always have control over your response to a situation.
- Proactive NOT Panic – Like I said, I’ll do the things necessary to keep myself safe and healthy, but do you know how much energy I’m going to spend worrying about all this? ZERO.
- Keep Living Life – Next week I’m scheduled to speak at a pretty big event in Texas…where apparently the swine flue has come to live. And guess what? I’m still going. I won’t be packing any masks, gloves, or radioactive biohazard suits (where do you get those anyway?).
Overall, I’m just trying to keep things in perspective. Stop stressing people. Don’t let the media hype you up over something.
You’ll be okay.
Now put down your heart medication and return to your regularly scheduled life.
UPDATE: Just got word that the national conference I was speaking at in Dallas next week has been canceled. Stupid swine flu.
