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While Waiting for Normal Again

best to stop stressing out and relax because this too will pass

“In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path.” Proverbs 3 verse 6

Hey, while the world is still tackling this pandemic and your favorite places are closed, or you can’t meet with family or friends, it is best to stop stressing out and relax, because this too will pass.

We all experience stress in life, because it is a normal part of life.  Stress is the body’s reaction to any change that requires an adjustment. (Clevelandclinic.org) The body can react physically, mentally or emotionally.  Physically, the heart and blood pressure can increase, emotionally or mentally, anger or depression can set in.  Most reactions can leave a negative impact on the body which can be temporary or long term, leading a person to seek some kind of treatment, good or bad. 

This pandemic is taking a toll on some people. A year long stressor like this breaks down the mind and body, chipping away slowly, daily, moment by moment until there is nothing left that is familiar or even precious.

Every person deals with stress differently. Some people like to talk things out; there are counsellors or help lines to call and connect with a live voice, a person, a stranger who can listen.  Others like to exercise by going for a walk or a run or exercising indoors.  While some like to connect to others via computer, text or virtual meetings or just by calling someone to chat or others still like to playing games, reading a book, write a letter(snail mail) or sleeping, the list goes on. 

No matter the issue, the goal of this blog is to help you deal with stress positively, in a fun, simple and affordable way. 

First up:  

the Mini Spa

Two Reasons Why This is Not the New Normal

But for now in this early part of the year 2020, the beginning of this new decade, it is important to practise social distancing in order to flatten the curve so that things can get back to normal.

  • Humbertown Mall Social Distancing
Social Distancing in March 2020

Saying this is the new normal is like saying there is no hope.

Is it normal to stay in our homes for days, weeks or even months; some people live alone whereas others live with roommates, family or pets.  Is it normal to wear a mask out in public going to work or to appointments or just out picking up groceries? 

Is it normal to put a long awaited wedding, class graduation or birthday party online and have friends and family post in through social media because everyone in the city has to remain apart, at a two meter distance? 

That isn’t normal.  That isn’t living.  But for now in this early part of the year 2020, the beginning of this new decade, it is important to practise social distancing in order to flatten the curve so that things can get back to normal. Back to a time when socializing was to laugh, talk and be happy face to face without this virus hanging in the air. 

The days of getting together with friends and family for some kind of social aren’t gone forever.  This is only a bump along the road of life and rest assured, “all these things must come to pass. But the end is not yet.” (Matthew chapter 24: verse 8, KJV)

There is always hope and without having faith, hope isn’t possible

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen,” and hope does not disappoint us. (Hebrews chapter 11 verse 1 and Romans 5 verse 5, KJV)