Wooooooosaaaaaa….

Holy lord. What is happening in our world? Countries are in lockdown, people are panicking, state of emergencies are being declared, and fear is having it’s hay day. It is beyond overwhelming to understand what is propaganda and what is reality. I am still baffled at the mad rush on toilet paper for an upper respiratory illness, but maybe I am missing something.

Here is what I know and continually fall back to. in this worldwide panic. First and foremost is my faith. I have written about my very personal faith walk, and it in no doubt comes in really handy during times like these. It fuels the foundation for me to fall back on critical thinking and come from a place of calm not panic. There are parts to my faith that I am unable to even express in words, as it is more of a feeling or energy that I have within. Maybe I am not supposed to have the words to share, as this is my walk, intended the way it was written. Either way, I am internally at peace. I have zero doubt that my rejection of fear is driven through my faith foundation.

Second, I am literally psychotic in researching and reading. I am blowing my own mind at how much room I have in my brain to absorb the information I take in. I am relentless in researching both sides of every “coin” as I am balance driven and won’t feel comfortable until I can weigh out each side to make my choice. My need for information satiates many fears, which adds to my calm. I feel informed. (I’m sorry, I have to say it- INFORMED CONSENT SHOULD BE WHAT IS MANDATED. IT EMPOWERS PEOPLE).

I don’t feel or perceive any imminent danger to my life or my family and I am extremely empowered on how to best prepare and maintain our immune systems. If we are exposed to this current circulating virus (or any other), we will be prepared to respond accordingly. I understand the ripple effect of a world wide panic and how to be as proactive as possible to respond to what could present as a repercussion. The need for critical thinking is of the utmost priority in times like this. (side bar/rant- it should be the highest priority all the time, to create that muscle memory and to create productive communication skills!) It just works. I’m a super fan in case you missed it! That said, I have zero desire to sound self righteous with my rant, I just find myself in continuous situations within personal and professional relationships, where a little critical thinking could have shifted the outcomes of many situations.

My need for some “woooooosaaa” time, results not from a pandemic threat, rather from finding myself more overwhelmed and alerted with the fast growing number of people that I love whom are hurting on one level or another. Every where I look, I have friends suffering. Suffering through the agony of divorce, cancer diagnoses, unjust laws, unresolved relationships, paralyzing fear(s) of _______ (fill in the blank), co-dependency and overall self-sabotage. We all need healing on some and many levels. We all deserve to heal from whatever burdens us. We as a world are too far out of balance. Everything alive is constantly striving to either maintain or return to balance. HOMEOSTASIS is essential, as humans we must find as many ways to return to balance for survival in general.

I am not sure that we will ever find true balance on a global level without it being heaven. It’s a sad reality, so for me, it’s more important than ever to remain as grounded and balanced as I am able, so my new normal forages onward. I feel like I am actually listening to those repeated airline instructions to put your oxygen mask on first because I’m breathing.

“You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.” -Dan Millman

so much love and respect. xo

-e