We thought we had it all sorted:
That clear 2020 vision, that carefully crafted five-year plan, those long-term life goals.
It was all going so well; everything was on track.
We thought we were in control.
We never thought it would come to this:
These escalating measures that limit our freedom, this rising panic that steals our calm.
It came out of nowhere and stopped us in our tracks.
All we can do is relinquish control.
And so now we stop:
We take stock, we slow down, we reassess our priorities.
All that previously seemed to matter so much has been stripped away.
Feeling in control was always an illusion.
We’re heading off together into the unknown:
We have not walked this path before. None of us have.
None of us know how long the journey will be or where it will take us.
None of us know how this journey will change us.
Surrounded by anxiety, let us choose to seek calm:
To take time, to slow down, to breathe.
With nowhere to go, no place to be,
Let us creatively explore this gift of time.
Threatened with illness, let us choose to seek health:
Health care, self-care, all that nourishes mind and body.
Listening to our heart, observing with curiosity,
Let us creatively explore this gift of life.
Confronted with isolation, let us choose to seek connection:
With self and others, with nature and the universe.
Discovering how to be alone and yet not lonely,
Let us creatively explore this gift of love.
