When Do I Get My Life Back?
Hey Party People,
Who else is hearing or
maybe even thinking these questions?
“When do I get my life
back?”
“When are things going to
go back to normal?”
Well friends, I hate to
tell you…this is now your life. Normal as we know it, isn’t coming back. I
know that is hard to read but our lives are no longer and will never be what we
once knew. The world has changed, our communities have changed, and we as
individuals have been changed.
I’ll give you
a couple examples. How
many of you now think twice before touching your face or a door handle? Do you
picture a “green goo” on every public surface? Who else has noticed that when you’re
in the grocery store we not only physically distance but we stopped even
looking people in the eye?! Like c’mon eye contact doesn’t transfer the virus! And
let’s just talk about TP for a second… who else thought 2 months ago that TP
would give you anxiety. Toilet paper you guys!
The point is… we have
ALREADY been changed.
I heard a quote this week
from, yes you guessed it, Rachel Hollis (if you don’t know who she is, stop
right now and go look her up). It’s an enlightened way to approach how we get
to the other side of this virus and the new world we will live in.
“The faster you can come
to terms with this [our current reality], the faster you can let go of what
was [your old life], and the sooner you will find joy in what is [and can be].”
But before we can move
forward, we must grieve. I’ve been hearing a lot about the process of grieving this
past week and it makes so much sense. All of us have lost something, and many
of you have lost what feels like everything. We all need to grieve what we’ve lost
in this season. Take the time you need, however long that is, take it. But then
when you’re ready, get back up. Don’t allow “the corona” to win. Things will
only get better once our minds shift, our perspectives change, and we are ready
to make it better. It will be hard. For those of you who watched our
Premier, Jason Kenny’s addresses and press conference this week, he has painted
a bleak economic picture for Alberta on the other side of COVID-19, comparing
our future to the Great Depression. But his message was also one of hope and
resilience that we’ve made it through hardships before and we will make it through
again.
So now, right now it’s
time to look for hope and look for joy. Yes, even when you’ve spent the entire
day in bed. Yes, even after you’ve just been let go from your job. Yes, even
after your eyes are puffy and red from crying. Yes, even after you’ve washed
your hands for the 17th time today. Yes, RIGHT NOW we need to find
hope and joy more than ever. At first, I struggled with this concept and felt
guilty. I felt like joy didn’t have a place when there is so much suffering and
hardship in so many people’s lives. But then I thought about it more and came
to the realization that we NEED joy, and we need positivity. In order to get us
through this season, and what’s to come, we need to create light to get us
through the storm.
We need our best selves to
show up now, to get through our public health crisis, and then we need our best
selves to show up for what comes next. We need people to be and stay healthy –
what state do you think our public health system will be in when this is over?
We will need new and bold perspectives to create innovative solutions to our
new challenges. We will need collaboration and partnerships like never before,
across all industries. We will need community to support each other through the
trauma of this experience. If you can, stand back up, and lead us through this
crazy storm we are in and be the light after it settles.
The world has changed, and
we have all been changed. But something I’ve always believed is - if we ain’t
changin’, we ain’t growin’.
AAAAAAND with
that here’s your party jam!
**CAUTION**
THIS IS AN EXPLICIT SONG! Not for the little one’s ears.
YouTube
>> Trick Daddy – Let’s Go Ft. Lil
Jon & Twista
Spotify
>> Trick
Daddy – Let’s Go Ft. Lil Jon & Twista
It would mean so much to me if you connected with
me on social. Say hi and let’s connect 😊
With
so much gratitude,
-S
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