Nearly 10 years ago, I lost my precious 16 year-old-son T.J. So much in life is a matter of perspective. One of my favorite quotes is, “We can’t control the waves that come, but we can control how we ride them.” We can all make choices about how we deal with all the chaos around us. We all have the power to harness our thoughts and redirect the trajectory of the transition making sure we “cross the bridge” that will bring us to a place of peace and calm within ourselves. Perhaps start by looking at this time of transition as a bridge that is there to help guide us from one place to another. We can choose to embrace the chaos and find a way forward within the chaos. But we need to remember that there are still things we can choose and decisions we can make about how we will deal with the transitions, changes and lack of control. This loss of control can make us feel our life is spiraling into a state of chaos which can lead to feelings of anxiety, sadness and isolation.
Notice the use of the word “ choose.” We currently live in a time when it feels like we have little or no control over so many things we used to take for granted. We can choose to focus on all the negatives-and there are certainly a lot of those-or we can instead choose to focus on the good that still exists. We can look at this time as a transition between the time before COVID-19 and where we are now. By definition, a transition is a period of changing from one state or condition to another. Is it possible to embrace the chaos and find a place of peace within ourselves? COVID-19 has put a spotlight on uncertainty, created the need to isolate and lose connections with support systems and has raised feelings of fear and anxiety.
For many, it seems like we are living in a state of perpetual chaos. We are living in a time that is different from any other time in history on many levels.
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