I was having trouble last week. (Photo - me hitting "staring" or "coast" mode.) Each day, I was getting more and more tired. By Friday, I could barely move. Mounds of clean laundry sat around the house where I had left them. Too tired to put clothes away, cook, or round up the "dust bunnies", I tried to understand what was happening to me. Yes, this "running out of energy" had happened to me many times, and I only seemed to recover after long months of rest. Desperate to be able to move again, I tried to figure out what was happening to me, but I couldn't understand why I was so tired. Resting and eating weren't making any difference. I didn't want to just sit there waiting for my body to somehow heal. There had to be something I could do, but what? Obviously, my "little mind" was not up to solving this problem, so I asked someone who has all the answers and loves me, I prayed.
Right now so many of us are struggling with being restricted to our homes. As a person who feels that the experiences in life are opportunities to learn and grow, I've been wondering what could be learned from this pandemic.
For a world that felt pretty confident in our abilities to handle anything, it has been humbling to see how quickly the whole world could be brought to its knees by a tiny virus. Many of us have come to realize how much we not only need others to help us, but how much we need a greater power, we need God's power, to help us survive.
We have been given an opportunity to take a look at our lives. Are we spending our time, energies, and money on what matters most to us? How does it feel to spend more time with your family? Are you enjoying not rushing around so much, not feeling so pressured? What do you want to change in your life? Answer your wake up call. Take your chance for a new start.
