Episode
45: Crisis
Hawkeye: What’s
the idea of the gun, Frank?
Frank: It’s
classic. The enemy cuts off your supply
lines, you get cold and hungry, then they go right for your soft
underbelly. That’s why the rifle fella.
Trapper: Just
like you to panic, Frank.
Frank: Who’s
panicking?
Hawkeye: Well,
do you see anybody else pressing the soft-underbelly button?
When the supply lines are cut to the 4077, the
officers rally to respond to the crisis by taking on rationing
responsibilities, putting the camp under extra stress while they try to
function on limited supplies. The crisis
brings out the best and worst in the personnel under the difficult conditions.
Having worked in Christchurch as part of the
earthquake recovery team I witnessed some amazing displays of resilience by
people who lost most of their possessions during this disaster. The crisis brought out a variety of responses
from people who were under stress and were experiencing significant personal loss. There were those who rose up and overcame
adversity and others who were overcome by their circumstances. Leadership expert John Maxwell explains how “one
of the major keys to success is to keep moving forward on the journey, making
the best of the detours and interruptions, turning adversity into advantage.” Adversity is unavoidable and crisis is
inevitable in the unpredictability of life.
Panic usually results from being crippled by crisis, when you are unable
to see a way through, whereas, resilience comes as a result of persevering
through crisis because you hold fast to the belief that there is a way through.
