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Maybe it’s not our outer world we need to reopen but our
inner one.
The call to reopen everything gets stronger every day. But I believe here is a deeper calling, one that is leading us to reopen our inner world, our hearts and minds.
The call to reopen everything gets stronger every day. But I believe here is a deeper calling, one that is leading us to reopen our inner world, our hearts and minds.
For too long we’ve been closed off to ourselves and one
another. This pandemic is helping us deepen our connections as well as making
the gap between some wider.
This external closing has disrupted lives and caused pain and fear. Lives lost, lost jobs, distancing from loved ones, and a whole lot of uncertainty about what the future holds has stirred up a lot of emotion. We have the opportunity, those of us who are safe and able, to take a moment to let our hearts and minds open to the larger world around us. When we do, we see there is an immense amount of pain and suffering for many of those who are not privileged in our society, those who are black, brown, Asian, immigrants, living in poverty, differently abled. We need to sit with this pain and our own discomfort. We need to witness the injustices brought to light by COVID-19 and realize we have been living with them for ages. And then we need to do something to make it right. I’m still learning what is mine to do, but I can begin by fully reopening my heart and mind. If we can all do that, then this suffering will not be in vain.
This too shall pass is something I often hear these days. It’s true, it will. But it’s so important we don’t let the moment pass without using it to discover what we’ve lost in our fast paced, externally focused world. And that would be the time and energy to deeply connect to others and ourselves, and to process and reflect on our experiences. It’s the only way to keep our hearts and minds open.
Winter passes into spring, night into day. Today
will turn into tomorrow, but it is in this moment we create meaning, take
action, become. Right now holds what will be because we get to make a choice.
We didn’t choose this virus, but we get to choose how we’ll be in the world
with it. We get to choose how we’ll treat others. We get to choose if we’ll use
this moment to reopen from the inside out.
This external closing has disrupted lives and caused pain and fear. Lives lost, lost jobs, distancing from loved ones, and a whole lot of uncertainty about what the future holds has stirred up a lot of emotion. We have the opportunity, those of us who are safe and able, to take a moment to let our hearts and minds open to the larger world around us. When we do, we see there is an immense amount of pain and suffering for many of those who are not privileged in our society, those who are black, brown, Asian, immigrants, living in poverty, differently abled. We need to sit with this pain and our own discomfort. We need to witness the injustices brought to light by COVID-19 and realize we have been living with them for ages. And then we need to do something to make it right. I’m still learning what is mine to do, but I can begin by fully reopening my heart and mind. If we can all do that, then this suffering will not be in vain.
This too shall pass is something I often hear these days. It’s true, it will. But it’s so important we don’t let the moment pass without using it to discover what we’ve lost in our fast paced, externally focused world. And that would be the time and energy to deeply connect to others and ourselves, and to process and reflect on our experiences. It’s the only way to keep our hearts and minds open.
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