Calm, Cool & Collected in COVID Times.

“She remembered and then she became Calm, Cool & Collected.”

It hasn’t been an easy couple of weeks, let’s just say. 

I guess I’m thinking about this because right now, I’m feeling out of practice for how I like to live life. How about you? But aren’t we filled with enough age and experience to handle this too? Isn’t that what’s at the core of what I love to preach? 

What was the point of going through all this if we aren’t even going to pay attention?

So I’m paying attention.

The world has seemingly changed around us.  For many, the hope that once existed about the nature of the world and people has been lost. In times like these, it’s easy to shut down or shrink away into a place apart from ourselves and everything else.

So I’ve made a decision. This time will be different. This time I will take everything I learned from my recent past and the times before and applying them to right now! Of course, nothing is exactly a replay… but the emotional triggers sure are. 

>> I will remember how many times all the self-induced stress ended up being for nothing. 

>> I will remember how many times I didn’t get all I wanted, hoped for, and thought I deserved …because I ended up getting exactly what I needed!   (And many times much more beautiful than I could have ever imagined! )

>> I will remember the times that I thought I lacked something… or where I fell short, in money, in my career, etc. and how I quickly made up for them in various ways that, I never saw coming. 

>> I will remember that the more I remember these things, a sense of calm always passed through me, and once again, I find myself bolder, calmer, with more energy and resources than I had before. 

AND …This will be for me yet another fresh start.  A new chapter. A chance to see what I’m made of. A chance to build endurance no matter what the storm & where I can always find my JOY. 

AND It’s never too late or you’re never too old to learn something new!

XX Kathy