Spring, according to the calendar, is here. It may not feel that way outside – snow, frost and cool, grey days – makes Spring feel like it is just a figment of our imaginations. I’m not sure just how delayed it actually is, it feels as if we are weeks behind. But the grass is turning greener and the buds are on the trees. Some flowers have made their appearance and for that I am so thankful.
Spring is always so filled with hope. Of warmer days, of lush scenery, of things coming to life, of baby lambs. And I feel like this year, more than any other year in my life, we NEED Spring. We need sunny skies and colourful treasures popping from the earth to show that life does go on, even in the middle of a global pandemic.
Everyone is experiencing this in different ways. Each experience is different, based on work, life, family, finances, current emotional state and it can change every 5 minutes how well we deal or don’t deal with everything thrown our way these days. And that’s ok. No one is expecting us to handle this without the roller coaster of emotion that this level of uncertainty brings. We will have good days, we will have bad days – sheesh – it can change a multitude of times throughout one day! And it is ok.
I’m sitting at my desk, watching the the sun rise and a duck swim across the pond. Nature is blissfully unaware that we have suffered huge loses in this province, across this country and around the world. It runs on it’s own clock, the hand of God silently working behind the scenes to tell the hummingbirds when to come, the daffodils when to bloom and the sap when to run. The sun comes up, the tides run on their schedule and the earth continues to spin. I take this to heart, as a sign that, cliche as it sounds, this too shall pass. Does it means it’s easy in the here and now? No. I have days that it’s all too much. I’ve cried, stressed, and had melt downs. But I’ve also been filled with hope, joy and peace.
I have no real point here other than to say you aren’t alone on the roller coaster ride. These are crazy, unprecedented times – never have we seen anything like this. Our world will be forever impacted. So, feel your feelings, reach out to someone to check in, offer to help a neighbour, buy the flowers, bake the sourdough bread, run the bath, go for a walk in the sunshine { or rain } and give yourself a hug – we are doing the best we know how to.
Warmly,
Lori
