![]() ![]() We ordered takeout from our favorite restaurants. We sat outside on our front lawns and waved hi to the torrent of walkers. We binged watched thousands of hours of now-nameless, mediocre TV series. We set up work at home amongst barking dogs, TV’s, and shrieking children. We remodeled our homes, cleaned out closets, basements, storage lockers. As the wave of Covid infections dragged on, our enthusiasm waned and the long-term uncertainty that mimicked a war set in like the virus itself. Trying to make the best of an unchartered situation, people put their heads down and prepared themselves, their families, and businesses for what we thought was going to be a manageable short-term situation. I remember the surge of adrenalin that prevailed in our actions and interactions. Many people don’t want to go back to where they were (and can’t anyway) but have no direction going forward. That undercurrent of uncertainty and lack of fulfillment is still there. People are getting on with their lives but hiding the directionless movements that make up their day. 2 ½ years later, it seems to many like we are still in an emotional whirlpool with no direction. With Covid, we did step into a different river. When we started our Covid journey in 2020, I wrote a blog STEPPING INTO A DIFFERENT RIVER, a reference to the saying by Greek philosopher Heraclitus, that you cannot step into the same river twice. Re-Igniting Your Life: Going Forward Again. ![]()
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