Happy Friday you wonderful humans.
We’ve all heard it, and we have all said it at some point over the last few weeks.
‘When this is all over… When everything is back to normal’
These might be the most damaging sentence we can say right now. For the sake of our mental health, psyche and well being, we must strike these sentences and variations of out of our vernacular.
We all miss what was, the old normal. But as far as I’m concerned that normal is extinct, never to return.
The way I see it, if I choose to believe anything different, I would be doing myself and those I serve a disservice.
I grieve for what was, but at the same time I am filled with hope, appreciation and excitement for what is.
At some point, we will be asked to return to the hustle and bustle, to a consumerist lifestyle, one that values quantity over quality, one that values stuff and things over actual human connection.
I truly believe that we will miss this time of slow and quiet when this does pass. Which is why we should be excited to realise that what you do, what you value and how you are defined revolves around how you connect with yourself and others, instead of your consumption of stuff and things.
This chapter is helping us to realise that you don’t need to go through life huffing and puffing, hustling until you are too tired to think, we will learn or be reminded that we can get to where we want to go, by patiently and calmly putting one foot in front of the other.
As Ferris would say, ‘Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you might miss it’.
I call on you to look at this chapter of your life as a gift. Please do not wish this time away.
We are all doing it tough, feeling vulnerable and questioning what the future will look like. The next step from there is towards hope, gratitude and appreciation for the moment. For what we have now, not for what we have lost.
Look after yourselves, look after each other. You have much more than you need to be gloriously happy. Make your choice and get on with it.
As always, I’m here for whatever you need.
Wallace
