Dear Friend,
Things often fall apart before they come together and can look quite messy in the process… to a new and better way.
I know life looks crazy now, but consider this.
If there’s an infected wound, it must be cleaned first before it can heal properly.
There is a silver lining to our current time of changes, from a virus that quarantined the world to a damaged economy and an overworked energy grid.
Time will reveal more of what that lining looks like after a much needed, overdue cleaning.
The clarion call to respect life is finally being heard. What’s a life worth? Let’s put things in perspective.
- Respect life of those who are more susceptible to a virus or reopen an economy? Do older lives matter? I watched the Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick say, in essence, that older people should be willing to give up their lives for the sake of the young people’s future economy.
- I read about a college student who was saddened because of COVID-19. He couldn’t graduate or get a job and had to live with his parents. I thought about the movie I’d seen, 1917, when men his age were getting blown apart in WWI. Not for months, but for over four years.
The process of change and healing often is messy.
Have you ever cleaned a room, or anything, and partway through the process found it looked even messier than when you began? Stuff got moved around, some piled up to be discarded. But then a reorganization shifted the environment to something better.
Some Texans have experienced extreme hardships because of an Arctic blast that left many without power and water. Homes are left flooded. Broken pipes. Broken dreams.
However, although it’s often difficult to see while in the midst of challenges and as many are licking their wounds, somewhere, somehow, this will bring us to better days.
Priorities change. I’ve observed, for example, how many people are taking care of each other more, and there’s a greater sense of community.
If some don’t shift away from thinking about themselves first, they have an opportunity to learn some harsh lessons. This includes politicians.
Things that annoyed us before take a back seat to current needs during stressful times.
Years ago I was in a business transition, and I was worried to tears because I didn’t know what to do. My marketing pipeline of how clients came to me finished months earlier, and I felt emotionally and financially vulnerable, distraught and directionless.
Then a FEMA-level flood came to my town. I ended up with mold in my house and me for six months. This was followed by six months of sleepless nights because of caretaking my sick cat whose weight dropped from 14 1/2# to 4 1/2# in three weeks because of an untreatable thyroid condition.
I asked a teacher of mine in the first few days of what was to be a difficult, year-long journey, “Why did this happen? What was this about?”
The reply I received was something on the lines of, “You stopped worrying about money.”
I used to have fear running in the background like a software program in a computer that’s always on.
By the end of that year, I learned to let go of fear and worry. They only add to problems and don’t help anything. Amongst other things I learned is to trust that it all works out. Now it’s part of what I coach, and it’s made me a better teacher.
Remember that all of us have things to learn personally and collectively during challenging times.
In addition to people reaching out to each other, could there be other silver linings from the effects of the Texas Arctic blast?
With deep respect for the suffering of my fellow Texans, this event may provide a turning point in the way some Americans consider how we generate energy. While the United States is about to embark on addressing our infrastructure and climate change policies, perhaps more people will be open to alternative energy sources.
What are you learning?
With gratitude,
Virginia
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Tags: 1917, Arctic blast, Covid, fear, Silver lining, Texas, Worry about money
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February 23, 2021 at 9:05 AM |
Change is really difficult for me due to my disabilities
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February 26, 2021 at 9:26 AM |
Thanks for your comment, mphtheatregirl. I thought about the prefix.”dis,” as in diability, disapproval, disheartened, etc. The Latin origin meaning that tops the list is “lack of, not.” Not knowing you or your condition, I do know this about you. You HAVE abilities. It’s easy to focus on how we diss ourselves about what we don’t have. Most people do. However, consider a fun game of approving and being heartened by your abilities. It might take practice, but this perspective could be a game changer.
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