Stillness is hard. And good.
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I’m all in support of playing it safe when it comes to reopening. Opening too soon is playing with fire. That said… it’s such a PR bummer when you have to announce a lockdown will continue. LA announced a lockdown extension yesterday and while that makes me feel safer, I also feel that collective UGH.
I think if I were in charge of a municipality of some sort, I’d open up extremely gradually when it was safe, while celebrating the crap out of whatever we were opening up. “GUESS WHAT CALIFORNIANS??? THE CARPOOL LANE IS BACK!!! Was it ever gone? Whatever, it’s here!”
In more seriousness, we’re at such a weird point in this pandemic where the data tells us we’re safer at home, but our emotions and social needs are so over it.
Stillness can be so uncomfortable, especially when you’re used to a life full of activity. We crave distractions. Noise. I don’t think I even realized how much stuff I would fill my calendar with until I was forced to cancel most of them. One of the more Enneagram 7 things about me is that constantly ongoing need for stimulation.
When you’re forced to sit still, you have to spend more time with yourself and you don’t always like what you find. You have to separate your being from doing. True stillness can be one of the most difficult things to confront. It’s so freaking valuable though.
