Food For Thought ...

I admit, although I attempt to remain positive, I'm beginning to feel a little emotionally fried. Surely I am not alone as I voice this. These present, pickled life circumstances are dishing out unpleasant, brewing emotions from deep within my core; continuously, quietly churning over. If I don't take action, I feel I may reach boiling point, pending an undesirable melt down.

My measured, anticipated goals are now toast! My plate was excitedly overflowing with dreams I planned to fulfil in the near future, now abruptly squashed. This unforeseen time is a recipe for disaster in its destructive, rippling effect.

The simmering, somber, global energy weighs heavily on universal shoulders and is difficult to digest. Not knowing the conclusion around this serious world crisis stirs up various, debilitating feelings for us all.

However, we must not allow this unpredictability to beat us. By nurturing and protecting ourselves, we simultaneously and respectfully shield others. Furthermore, we can use this time to delve deeply inward and explore our uplifting, god-given gifts and strengths to feed our hungry appetites, now missing precious chunks of normality. These gifts allow us to rise above the constant, singeing heat.

We can infuse gentleness and acceptance into our lives as we skim through our days, deciphering unrealistic pressures whisked up in our seasoned imaginations. Perhaps we could replace these with innovative, spicy undertakings to mix up our daily isolating methods.

We can regularly serve up rainbows of vegetables to treat our households with natural vitamin tablets. We can sweat while creatively exercising in and around our homes, whipping ourselves into better shape. Our immune systems will surely thank us.

We can baste in positivity, between the doom and gloom, found every which way we look if we are open to it, and add tasty tidbits of inspiring, supportive information from assorted, avenues. We can wrap ourselves around interesting hobbies we've always wanted to pursue, waiting in the background for the right time. Isn't the right time now?

My yearning for travel has eased somewhat as I knead my brain, saturating my learning cells with a foreign language. When travel recommences, I hope to be prepared, ready to be mildly grilled by my Indonesian friends, whom I miss terribly.

Let's peel away such raw layers as fear, impatience and loneliness, even those difficult to swallow, and render all that doesn't serve us emotionally. We are not cooked yet, not even close. This present, normal grind will not reduce us to defeat. Our zest for life will overcome this unforeseeable phase.

Let's quench our longing thirst for the norm with daily dollops of goodness and absorb the delicious aromas of gratitude, for we have so much to be thankful for.

Let us strive to be safe with blended empathy for ourselves and others and saute the unfavourable feelings with a grain of salt, allowing them to steam into oblivion.

We can inventively replace or mould the parts of our deferred life into a colorful banquet, while mindfully nourishing the remaining, unchanged aspects even more.

Let us intentionally transform adversity into opportunity ...