Hey there! How is everyone holding up? This is a very unusual time in our lives right now. Our individual worlds are turned on their sides right now, the world we live in is full of uncertainty now more than ever. How are you doing and navigating COVID 19 and the fall out around it?
I know a rhetorical question at its best. Social distancing, economical stresses, quarantine or working as you are an essential employee, grocery shopping and trying to piece together meals with limited items you can find. Not being able to see family and friends and people you love. Kids missing out on major life changes and events like prom and graduation or just being kids. You as the adults are staying strong for your kids, your jobs and yourselves. Wow, exhausting just reading it all. We are in a time like no other. We say that after each major events in our world. This event is effecting all areas of our lives. It is ok to be scared or frustrated or overwhelmed and anxious. If we each were honest with ourselves we each have felt all of these things. This virus has effected our worry for our heath, our finances and well we can just be plain worried!
This social distancing makes it hard on us southern women (and I guess some men) who are huggers. Who reach out and touch an arm as a sign of connection or reassurance or just that need for touch. Being around others can be nerve wracking at times but when you can’t do that you miss it. All of this makes the saying ‘you don’t realize what you have until it is gone’ is so very true.
So where do we find the positive in this crazy time? Well we need to look for them. We get overwhelmed with the media, the stories and the doom and gloom. We get overwhelmed in general. So let’s stop a minute and take inventory. Stop and look for the flower amongst the thorns. If you are healthy and not sick, that is a blessing. If you are an essential employee then you are able to still earn a living. If you have a roof over your head and food in your stomach, well another blessing. If you can laugh atleast once a day, yay release those good endorphins. If your family and friends stay well, another blessing.
We get so bogged down with all the have to’s and what we want, well we miss out. What if that is an underlying message in all of this? That maybe we stay so busy we forget to rest, to appreciate the world instead of speeding through it? That maybe we take inventory of our home, heart and hearth versus constantly on the go and stuffing feelings and projects like a overeater stuffs that philly cheesesteak down? So many maybes and so many unknowns. This is life. If we knew everything, well we wouldn’t be walking this earth and we would be that know it all Karen who would need to calm down. We also can’t always be sad sack Sally. (We all get sad, depression and anxiety are real, not downplaying these issues at all!!) Sad sack sally sees the clouds and not the rainbows and we all can do this at times. We just need to look up and see hopeful Heidi and look for those rainbows amongst the storms. We need to try and embrace our laid back Lola side, our silly Sherry side (notice i left out sexy Suzie out as well there is a virus out there, many viruses and well some of us are on quarantine and that side is shut down tighter than a chasity belt, jus saying !) We need to be positive Polly’s when we can vs pessimistic Petunia’s. (Side note, no wonder men think we have multiple personalities as I name off all these emotions and women. I prefer to think of it as multi-dimensional and not multiple personalities and well my inner goddess just has different emotions not the need to be different people. Just clarifying!) Men have some of these same emotions, they usually compartmentalize more than we do. They don’t have worry Wanda’s, Anxiety Annie, Depressed Debbie, Sluggish Sue, Motherly Maude and the list goes on. They have Manly Mark, Studly Steve, Hard working Harry, Sexy Sam, Hungry Henty. See we all have multiple people lol, but I digress.
Let’s maybe take a minute everyday to take a deep breath, to try and embrace the moment of joy amongst moments of uncertainty, and just to find something good in everyday. We need that light in our lives, we need Jesus everyday, we need so little but want very much. Make a vow to find something good today. If you can’t find it, let me know and I will help you. I am a good listener, obviously I have alot of emotional inner goddess personalities that will help out when needed. Work on stsying connected in our world of disconnect. Be sure to take care of yourself and those you love. Self-care is needed right now so that we can care for others. Keep that chin up, or chins lol, and let’s find something positive everyday. Stay well and stay safe and stay sassy!!!
