Living in the 2020 Pandemic

I cannot tell you how many people I have talked with; or messages I have read on social media about the different aspects and influences living in this Covid-19 Pandemic has had on them. Everyone is in different places of space, privileges, and life span and is certainly affected.

I have coped by facing each day and moment by deciding to choose love not fear, and practice faith and gratitude. When the fear does come, as it honestly does, I feel it and I am aware of it, and I try to process it as healthy as possible. There have been days when I have sat and let myself have a good cry and let the tears fall and let myself just breathe through all the feelings. There have been days when my comfort and coping was found in eating way too many “chips”. But it is okay. I am worthy.

This time of living with the pandemic has certainly deepened my connection to my higher self and my spirituality. I have pursued some goals and dreams I carried for many years and have taken this time to focus on doing the various tasks to bring them into reality. I have felt vulnerable since I have started to blog and share my business cards with new people I meet. But, with the vulnerability comes more joy after feeling the fear and doing what I want to do.

So many plans have had to change because of the pandemic. We are all in a mode of adaptation, trying to overcome fears and new realities as well as trying to figure out what can we keep the same.

I have done this.

I have always loved the fall, with the change of the temperature, the colours of nature and the sense of busyness that comes with it. I have taken on new challenges such as learning more about using technology and this has been a real adventure! I have also treasured any socially distanced interaction I have been able to participate in with new and old friends and with family. It seems this new reality in my life has really made me treasure more deeply the relationships I have, and I am also mindful of ways and means I can keep them nourished and ways to remain connected.

I realized that the name of my new coaching business was also so appropriate for what is happening right now within and around me. I am moving through all my fears and feelings of vulnerability and focusing on the self-approval and acceptance. I am stronger, happier and know that there is “no wrong path”. I love what I am doing, and I am letting my passion for self-development and awareness be my craft now. I am willing to continue forward, just as the Marines say “improvise, adapt and overcome”, Louise Hay also said, “I love life and life loves me”.

So, I am doing my best to coach and support each lovely soul in their endeavors to do the same. I am being true to myself, being real, real in my vulnerability and finding the joy in the journey. Even when it is messy, scary and there may be challenges to walk through. I know I am divinely guided and protected.