Keeping in Touch Virtually

Nothing is normal now.

That kind of unpredictable nature of life right now produces a lot of anxiety and worry.  The nature of this is cyclical.  I am up and down all day long depending on what is happening and what I am doing and who I am talking to (by phone or online...not much in person).  

The familiar hugs that friends can give cannot happen now.  

6' away they say.  We order our groceries online, venture out of our park rarely. 

 Church is "virtual" now.  Pastor is putting little encouraging snippets of prayer and reassurance on Facebook almost every day.  My WW group meetings will go on "conference call" and I downloaded "Zoom" the other day in order to prepare for that.  

Around us people are out walking, swimming at the pool (6' apart) and sitting on their porches enjoying bird song.  We order groceries delivered.  

Our granddaughter sent us a huge package of staples the other day (see the last entry in my "littles" above).  How darling..honey, cereal, soup, spaghetti sauce, etc.  Everything organic.  We were so touched.  She and her beloved family live in San Francisco.  They are really "sheltering in place" there.  

When I look at my littles and the strawberries I bought on Feb 13 at the local food stand...how different life was a month ago!!!  Now the food stand isn't even there anymore!  Everything in our park has come to a stand still...so many things people were looking forward to are cancelled or postponed indefinitely.  But this is true of everyone in the world right now.  

Art is a definite antidote to anxiety and boredom and worry.  Those people to whom I have taught Zentangle® over the years have a gift now tucked into their pockets.  There is a place for gentle meditation.  All the artists I know have that gift (meaning also writers, poets, musicians, etc).  We have something now that can ease the burden of waiting and wondering.  Something to enrich our souls and help us through. 

I pray hard for all you reading this to stay well and safe.  

Keeping in touch virtually has been very helpful to many of us.