What a difference a day makes, yet again. This current highly contagious up surge concerning the newest COVID variant has me feeling so unnerved as to want to do nothing more than cocoon. Having felt unwell, over these past three years, this upsurge has left me feeling so vulnerable as to fear spending time, even outdoors, with fully vaccinated, boostered friends, whom I treasure beyond words can express. (My dear friend, Susan’s annual physical was on Zoom, because her doctor—fully vaccinated and boostered—has COVID.)
And so, with thoughts of accepting that which remains beyond my ability to change, I’m doing my best to refocus my mind upon that which I can control, such as postponing plans with dear friends who miss us as much as we miss them. Once this current upsurge has passed, offering my instinctive survival reaction sound reason to calm and retreat, my natural eagerness to enjoy treasured friendships will most certainly rebound.
Just one more thing before today’s intuitive train of thought pulls into the station where, hopefully, mindful relaxation awaits my arrival:
This virus, which continues to beat us black and blue, round after round, would not win over modern medicine’s amazing discoveries, aimed at protecting each of us who populate our world, if the stubborn mindsets of many good people would expand just enough to see the wisdom in wearing masks and consenting to being vaccinated, once and for all. But then, that would take common sense, and it’s become clear to me that common sense is quite uncommon, indeed.
👩🏻Annie
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