Way in the past, my wife and a few of our friends would gather for a game of Scrabble. We turned it into a drinking game. If you could create a definition for whatever crazy word you were attempting to put down on the board, no matter how outrageous, you got the points. We built some very unique entries.

But it was a game with no rules. Except that maybe the rule was to have a good time. And get a little sloshed.

That seems to parallel what we are in now — a game where, instead of no rules, the rules haven’t been written yet. So we are all trying to survive in a game without knowing how we should play.

This time it’s not fun. People are dying. People are scared. People are trying to get back to earning a living and put food on their table.

Yet we don’t know the real rules.

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs has had the top 3 layers torn off. We are all back to survival skills. We are trying to guess what will work, what will help us get through this in a game where we don’t know the rules.

Here’s a thought. We may have to learn new skills to survive. Which ones? Where should we start? We not only don’t know — we can’t know. The rules haven’t been written yet.

Perhaps our basic abilities will help us. Flexibility. Being agile. Creative. Positive.

We are in uncharted territory. With no rules. No compass. Not even a flashlight. We just have our wits. Our grit. Our humanity.

The only way is forward. Let’s go there.