Using “Sheltering in Place” for Making Change

Sometime around March 19, 2020

Most of us have been obeying the “Sheltering in Place” orders of our Government. None of us are too sure that we have obeyed by choice or by fear. However, any of us who have decided that we are to comply to this virus crisis can be assured it is bringing changes to our lives none of us thought of or imagined.

This time of “Sheltering in Place” and not interacting with others is a good time to get to know ourselves and those we live with. It is an opportunity for making change, whatever change that needs to be.

It is a good time to visit anything in our past that seems to be living and taking up space in our present, in our soul and in our hearts and get that which seems to always be hanging over our heads, and in our hearts settled and dissolved once and for all.

This is not to relive the pains and infractions of others or even ourselves and it is definitely not meant for any of us to unpack and stay there.

One of the best ways to do this with a good degree of clarity is to write down every event that still causes hurt and pain and give it a solid detailed “20/20” microscopic hindsight perspective.

To understand, and this is the important part, that what was is done, gone, over and can never be changed, or redone, and the only revisiting is within one’s own mind, heart and soul.

To take each bothersome event and Forgive ourselves for any negative actions or reactions put forth, for taking part in or allowing the event to affect us at all.

Knowing that each of us did our best at the time, for the circumstances we were in and reacted from what we knew at the time.

And that each of us reacted from what we had learned and knew from our collective experiences up to the point of the life or relationship event that took place.

The events of our lives came to teach us, make us wiser, give us a wake-up call, or to move us into a totally different direction.

The only sure thing one truly has is right NOW, and the only direction we can go is forward with the intentions of being the best we can be.

We need to emerge from this time of “Sheltering in Place” Healed, Whole and Renewed as we are all entering a very different time, world, daily life, and a renewed appreciation for everyone and everything around us.

We also need to understand that everyone involved in our hurt and pain had their own lessons, pains, hurts and insecurities they were dealing with that had nothing to do with us.

The reality is that many times we allowed ourselves to be the recipient of others actions and reactions.

We deserve peace, happiness and fulfillment at every stage of life. The one thing that research shows is that the only one who can give that peace, happiness and fulfillment to ourselves is us.

It is my hope that many will do this work for the sake of growth and positive personal change. Our world has changed, we have changed and we must decide how this change looks for us. We must decide what making change looks like for ourselves.

This Life is a Gift to each and every one of us… It is a Choice how we react to it and it is definitely our choice as to what we Allow.

Stay Safe…. Stay Well…. Stay Focused…. Stay in the Know!!!

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Hugs,

Carolyn

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