Let the Sun Shine

The sun is shining, it’s just harder to see on some days.  When I’m practicing seeing the good, the light, the sun, on a regular basis — on days when it actually is pretty pleasant — then it’s way easier to see it on days when it’s dark or things aren’t going the way I’d like them to go.

There is always light.  I forget that when it feels dark. I get to practice reminding myself that this too shall pass, that there are silver linings, that I have a brain to use in service of helping myself and others — not for wallowing in despair and dread.

I forget that it’s okay that this year’s holiday season is upon us and for the life of me I cannot figure out how to do holidays anything like we normally would and still stay true to our family’s COVID safety protocols.

Sometimes when I’m baffled or emotionally flooded it’s helpful to look at the facts: 1) We don’t want the virus. We don’t want to get it or give it or asymptomatically carry it. Period. 2) We know how to radically reduce our risk. We know.  We don’t like it but we know it.

One of the bright lights of our life is gathering with friends and family, especially around the holidays.  This year we’re not gonna do that because, as Ax says, “the Covid.”

So. We have options: a) I can pretend the holidays aren’t happening, give this year a “skip”, b) I can be blue for the next several months thinking of all the stuff we’re not doing, or c) We can make new traditions.

I like c. I’m gonna keep going.

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