Friday, March 27, 2020

Could this Coronavirus requirement of distancing be a gift?

Could this Coronavirus requirement of staying at home be a gift? We might use this time to further develop a quiet and gentle spirit. We might learn to slow down and learn how to enjoy the day with it's own rhythms, rather than the schedule we've imposed on the day. This staying at home requires that we find a pattern other than the busyness of our scheduled, busyness and hurried calendar. We might even be released from the expectations we've put on ourselves or allowed others to put on us. We could sleep until our bodies says, "That's sufficient" rather than when the alarm clock goes off. We could eat when we are hungry rather than when our schedule says "It's time so we have to eat." We could even nap in the afternoon when our body says, "Let's lay down." We could go for a slow, leisurely walk around the neighborhood and pay attention to our neighbors, their yards, houses, etc. We might even sit outside and watch the birds at the bird feeder. During this time, We might even learn more about ourselves and our world which we've been running past for a long time.

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