{"id":5075,"date":"2020-04-25T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T09:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisasdolceitalia.com\/?p=5075"},"modified":"2020-09-12T11:29:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T09:29:15","slug":"attitude-adjustment-part-two-lessons-im-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisasdolceitalia.com\/?p=5075","title":{"rendered":"Attitude Adjustment Part Two…Lessons I'm Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From the edge of town, the mountain is called Bisalta for it’s two peaks. I can’t wait to be able to walk here again. For now it’s still off limits…10 days to go! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

I cried myself to sleep last night. After our 7th week of lock down, the ups and downs of the week, the joys of home schooling (not) and the general state of the world was overwhelming. The realization that those of us who work in tourism might be completely unemployed for at least a year and probably underemployed for three years hit me like a ton of bricks. I am not just talking about myself or my immediate colleagues. There are millions of people around the world who make their living in tourism, whether it’s mass tourism or niche tours, local guides or tour leaders, hotelier’s, restaurants, museums, airlines… It’s a lot to deal with and I am sure many of you feel the same way. Another piece of news that really disturbed me this week was that healthcare workers in the US are counter-protesting the many people who, “will not be locked down,” and want their liberty even if it causes others their lives. My jaw dropped at the verbal abuse and stupidity. Our healthcare workers and hospital support staff are on the front lines of this pandemic. Their faces are bruised and their hands raw from washing and wearing gloves during their 12 hour shifts. The Istituto Superior di Sanit\u00e0 <\/em>(Italian Health Institute) reported that 150 doctors and 34 nurses have died from this disease and 19,628 healthcare workers have been infected as of April 24. Today, Saturday, April 25, is a holiday here in Italy, Liberation Day. It celebrates the end of Nazi occupation during WWII. All of the celebrations will be online this year and I think the liberation we are hoping for right now is from this virus. I believe this period of history, will in some ways, be looked upon as we do WWII, the Vietnam Era and September 11th. With sadness, reverence and that there are some lessons that we must take away from this experience.<\/p>\n\n\n

I find it ironic that Covid19 is global, that’s why is called a pandemic (from Greek, pan<\/em> \u2018all\u2019 + d\u0113mos<\/em> \u2018people\u2019) and at the same time, extremely local. Millions of people are suffering worldwide (I am not just talking about those who are sick), yet our world has become so small because we are still mostly quarantined. Many of the reactions we are having, a lot of not yet post PTSD<\/a> comes from our loss<\/strong> of jobs, sense of security, education, fear for our health and our perceived loss of freedom. I know the latter is temporary and the end is in sight.<\/p>\n\n\n