Living in a Corona World
It’s been hard to think of the right words to say. You’d think, as someone who writes for a living—it should come easy, but it rarely does.
These are strange times. The world is at a standstill as record scores of lives are lost, the C-Word spreading more and more to every corner of this planet.
Only less than a month ago, we had plans to make big moves in the near future. Plane tickets, wedding dates, baby showers, graduations, business plans, milestones, all that fun & exciting life stuff. But the higher powers had something different planned for us. With everything going on, I’m just trying to wrap my head around all this and keep my eyes and ears wide open, staying informed and afloat the myriad of constant, depressing news.
I’m scared for humanity. As we all are. We are taking a deep dive into the dark & cloudy abyss…and we’re experiencing it as a collective. Do you recall the last time something touched so many people, across borders and social status? I don’t.
I’ll always be the first to try and grasp onto silver linings. My mind tends to work like that—a hopeless optimist with cynical sensibility. Like when people give me their problems, I go straight to finding some sort of solution for them.
I can think of one silver lining that quarantine brings us: the gift of time.
Time with ourselves, the one person we neglect more than anyone else. Perhaps, the most important relationship one can have. I’m writing more for myself again, reading more, cooking more, loving more, appreciating more.
Time with our loved ones.
Time to pause and reflect.
Time to better ourselves.
Time to reimagine everything.
Maybe life was supposed to be interrupted in order for us to become better humans at the end of this winding tunnel. I’m still trying to figure out who I want to be when we get out of this temporary bane of existence.
I would hope businesses and governments are doing the same.
With each and every passing day, I thank God for providing me with all that I need to survive these dark times.
I hope you all are staying in, staying healthy, and most importantly—staying sane.