How forgiving are you to yourself? Sometimes we can be harder on ourselves than we are on others. Sometimes we don’t believe we deserve forgiveness or even a break.
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Life doesn’t always go as planned,
but the next time a storm blows
through yours, practice looking for the
good things it now makes possible.–From A Chance of Awesome
Well that pretty much describes this COVID-19 crap. Life is not going as planned and this is a big storm blowing through. I don’t like it.
What good things does this make possible for me? For you? Well for me there is the possibility of gratitude. I am so fortunate that there is 40 hours a week of my job that I can do from home. I get to stay employed and I get to continue to make a difference for children and youth with special health care needs. Do I have more time to do something new and cool–NOPE!
I am not going to be learning the guitar, writing a book, finding new levels of how to spread forgiveness. I am actually frustrated by the amount of time working is actually taking. I haven’t even gotten to my hopes and dreams of what I can accomplish from home. So what can I look for to see the awesome?
I can look forward to having a new set of skills and competencies. I am learning how to communicate over the web. HMM could that be important for Forgiveness moving forward? I am learning that little breaks can help me refocus on my tasks. Changing the laundry, doing the dishes–positive actions that help me and my family AND help me switch gears with work. Maybe I am learning a better way to work. A better way to define success.
I hope to continue to look for what good things are coming out of this storm. I hope you are too.
One point that I really enjoyed in the book was the idea of “getting up faster.” I will fall down. I will get up. I will fall down again. Some days I just feel like staying down–but life is not going to wait for me. I will not be the person I want to be if I stay down. I need to get back up. As I grow and learn, I hope to get up faster from a set-back and not dwell in the darkness.