Who Am I More Than Two Years Into The Pandemic?

The calendar reads April 11th, 2022, a bit more than two years into an event that has changed life as we know it on the planet. When the news began to circulate that a disease was rampaging through the world, sweeping people of all ages up into a funnel cloud of death and destruction, I was determined not to let it (to the best of my ability) touch me or my family. Some of my friends and family have healed after contracting it and blessedly, no one in my immediate circles as died as a result. Loved ones of friends have tragically, succumbed.

I prayed for protection, for safety, for healing. I envisioned a healing temple into which I invited ‘everyone I know and love, everyone they know and love and so on…’ I saw the Big Blue Marble embraced by angelic wings. Does it sound like cosmic foo foo? To date, (with the help of medical science as well as spiritual interventions) I have remained COVID free as have my son, daughter-in-law and grandson who I see nearly every day, as I am one of his caregivers. I received the vaccines and boosters and still wear a mask when in public buildings. I take immune boosting supplements. Those things are easy.

The more challenging preventatives include remaining home far more than I did ‘in the before times’. I work from home and my computer has become a gateway into seeing clients, holding meetings, teaching, doing promo work and writing articles. I quit the gym and do home workouts. This social butterfly misses the community contact I had a few years ago when I facilitated Cuddle Party workshops, offered FREE HUGS events and attended house parties, concerts and gatherings. In early 2020, that would have been horrifically unthinkable to ponder what it might be like in early 2022. Now I have come to accept it as the ‘now normal’. I am easing my way back out into the wider world.

I have surprised myself with how well I am managing solitude. I thought I would crave contact, but instead, am enjoying living in my own temple/ashram/haven. I have turned down invitations to get together with all but a select few. I am napping more, praying more, meditating more, reading more, enriching myself from within.

I envision a time when we will be safe to embrace heart to heart. I will emerge softer, more leisurely and slow paced. I wish that it hadn’t taken a virus to make it so. Om Shanti.

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