On average our days as adults are not from 8-5. Our days are more from the time our feet hit the floor until the time we finally settle them. The world will continue to circle, even at nighttime we never truly rest. There’s a “white-collared” world & then there’s the “dark, sultry world.” Together, these two worlds seemingly never collide and continue the motion of our ever-revolving world.

Until the day the world stopped.

I’m not a religious person who sits on a church pew weekly, but these times we are living were recited to me as a child. The evil is all around us. Rather it be drugs, murders, infidelity, greed, slander, lack of social responsibility, fear, or living in constant anxiety of sickness. These times were recited. These times are written in a book older than each of us. Even though these messages were scripted for us all to learn, live, and repeat…HOW DOES THIS REALLY AFFECT EACH OF US?

If you are anything like me, you are worried. You are worried about how this will affect our generation, will this affect my children’s generation? You see evil all around. Within one month, I have witnessed media of many lives lost to murder, murdering, and drugs. I have witnessed media of how our economy is slowly starting to halt. You see how other Countries are shutting down and can’t help but to ask “What is to come?”

Being on the brink of entering my dream industry, I can’t help but to worry, “Will I have to wait and put this on the back burner due to economic factors?” “Will I have to homeschool my children much longer, because that isn’t a paid job.” (Insert Sarcasim and full seriousness) “How long will our world stop?” “Will My family get sick?” With each of these questions, (and I’m sure we ALL have our own set of questions/anxieties/fears we are all pondering with) comes the thought that, MAYBE, this way of thinking is part of the problem. You see, this pandemic WILL pass. It’s only a matter of time. How we handle and continue to handle this situation is what is of vitality.

Fear is crippling, fear is debilitating. It cuts you short of any type of hope you could possess. So how do we change manifesting anxieties into hope? WE CHANGE OUR PERSPECTIVE! Maybe, in all of the chaos, sickness, and madness…Our world needed this break. Maybe this break from reality will help heal our Nation, our ozone, decline climate change, stop the drugs from being made, produced. Bring all the evil darkness into light to contain and refrain from further endearments. Maybe, this is a break we all needed but were fighting because we feel the constant need to control our surroundings and how we react to situations. Maybe, instead of trying to worry about when we can get back to “normal” life, we take advantage of a mental break from exhaustion. Preparing for continuing our never-ending grind that we all sometimes complain about.

You see there is one word that is constantly used here…Maybe. This word is a word of HOPE. We’ve all thought at one time or another “I MAY fail.” You May, BUT YOU ALSO MAY SOAR! You see how that word is an oxymoron and a sign of hope all in one!! Perspective.

After April when all of this subsides, is MAY! May we all learn to change our perspective, learn to enjoy seeing so many families home, learn to relax in times of crisis instead of panic-ridden madness. May we learn to remember this moment when chronic fatigue creeps back in. May we learn to respect boundaries and not let our greed send us into hoarder mode and leave enough for ones who need it most. The elderly, the ones who are at highest risk. May we all learn to slow down a little and remember this time when we are forced to limit ourselves through time constraints. May we all never take advantage of our current health. May we all appreciate our careers we all are quick to complain about. May we all change our Perspective & view life as precious as it truly is.

Sincerely,

A Mom who has Hope in a hopelessly exhausting situation.