How are you doing at present?
Final week was a extremely powerful one for me. Was it for you, too?
Despite the fact that I attempt to restrict how a lot information I soak up, generally the headlines nonetheless discover their method in — and once they do, they will really feel crushing. Overwhelming. Heartbreaking in a method that leaves you looking at a wall, not sure of what to do subsequent.
Right here’s what I did:
I cried. I prayed. I donated. I wrote plenty of phrases. I had conversations with my children.
I acquired off social media. I hiked with pals. I purchased Dean’s French Onion dip (my consolation meals).
I pickled cucumbers. I learn the Bible. I had pals over.
I cheered on my children at soccer. I cheered for GT and my Dawgs, too.
I made soup and bread for my household.
I drank pumpkin ciders, took magnesium, and sipped Nighty Night time Further tea (not ).
I wrestled with huge questions. The type that don’t include straightforward solutions.
I nonetheless don’t have these solutions at present, and possibly that’s okay. Perhaps the wrestling is the work.
As a result of progress — actual, deep, trustworthy progress — not often feels comfy.
And but, right here we’re. Displaying up in small methods. Holding each heartbreak and hope in the identical breath. Making soup and mulling over laborious questions.
One in all my private struggles is with social media. It’s a spot I like to indicate up and share life’s minutia, like a private FaceTime with a buddy, however there are occasions when nameless critics come out simply to fire up rage and create division. It’s one thing I not often discover somewhere else like on this weblog or in actual life. I usually take into account getting off fully as a result of I ponder if we’re all meant to be so entrenched in a digital world that may create a false sense of connection. However then I see sparks of real connection and methods to unfold hope and bits of pleasure and marvel if that makes it price staying?
How do you deal with social media in your individual life? It’s one thing I don’t permit for my children as a result of I understand how addictive and vile it may be and but, I’m a consumer. I battle with that.
If final week felt heavy for you too, I hope you discovered your individual small methods to regular your self. To remain human within the face of all of it. To grieve and develop on the identical time. If you happen to’ve discovered small methods to remain grounded or linked these days, I’d like to know. Let’s maintain sharing what helps — it is perhaps simply what another person wants to listen to.
