What we are seeing is how connected we all are. In just a short time this virus has, by no effort at all, spread to all four corners of the world. Do you realize what that means? You can literally change the entire world by one interaction. Imagine that!!!
We are living through some extraordinary times now. The awareness we have is so different, we can feel the changes in the air. This may one day be known as the great clarifier. The things that we love and are grateful for and the things we miss are becoming clear. The things we don’t have place in our hearts for are also becoming clear. That which makes us feel happy and peaceful and that which doesn’t. I do believe we are all learning about our own values and our own hearts and minds. We see what is wonderful in our lives and relationships and we see what is broken. Some of those relationships are beyond repair and now, without our distractions that is becoming clear, and many are fixable and thank G-d we have the time to fix it. Some things have to be put in the past and left there so we can live now with less weight on our hearts. Let’s imagine that we will be in this situation for a few months. We will need to make our lives meaningful and full from our own homes. We have an opportunity to grow that which you cherish and let go of all that you don’t. We all need to heal from different experiences we’ve lived through and now is such a great time to work on that. We can do all of the home projects we’ve been putting off, have all of those important and difficult conversations we’ve been avoiding. Time out of your routine allows your thoughts to be different as well. The uncomfortable thoughts that we avoid by just going about life, are no longer avoidable. Let’s look at our hopes and fears, our dreams and our nightmares and see what is really there, keeping us from feeling whole. This is such a great time to take a good look at the direction of our lives and realign it with the future we always imagined. Perhaps at this time you can learn something new. Something you’ve always wanted to do but never had the time. Perhaps we can use this time to feel connected through our hearts and minds and efforts to our friends and families and communities. We have been seeing people connect through music out their windows and on their computers. I know that our souls are all connected to G-d and to each other. The isolation we feel is when we are not connected to our own soul, and in turn can’t feel the connections of our souls. So many of us have lost the connection to who we really are. We have been worn down by our challenges. We are surviving on autopilot but not really living. Take the time to connect to your own soul and to G-d for in that connection is the whole world. This connection is found through love and joy and kindness and patience and faith and forgiveness, not through fear and shame and judgement for that will always isolate you. The connections we have go so far beyond the physical that the walls of our home cannot divide us. We were all wounded separately but perhaps we can heal together. Let’s use this time to build a more beautiful life for ourselves, our families and friends and let that spill over everywhere. When this time passes, we will talk about the dark time before, when we were so divided and we forgot the good humanity is capable of. G-d put us all in this world together and we all have different jobs to do, so let’s stop fighting and start opening our hearts and minds to each other. Lets get rid of what we don’t want in our lives and cherish what we do want. Let’s stop surviving and start living.
