チェルシー・ルーズのインスタグラム(chelseanicholerude) - 4月29日 03時28分

I’ll admit, I keep wishing that our lives would return to normal. I miss seeing AND giving hugs to my friends. I miss climbing outside. I miss hosting She Sends Collective events. I miss traveling and teaching on behalf of Adidas. I miss coaching. I miss getting on an airplane to travel to new areas and experience different cultures. I miss seeing people smile, regardless of if I know them or not. I miss the security of a job, and income. There are a lot of things that I miss. There are a lot of things I know you all miss as well. Yet here we are.
If we are privileged AND lost our jobs then we’ve been forced to slow down. We are lucky to have the opportunity to slow down and not have to worry about where the finances (at least for a v small period) are going to come from to pay for rent, mortgage, groceries, and home projects. But slowing down isn’t easy, at least for me. It never has been, even as a child. I’m prone to cabin fever, to feeling restless, and perhaps a little angsty at times too. This time of stillness though has been different. While I have felt extreme anxiety, a nagging feeling of uncertainty, feelings of visceral concern for humans all over the world and deep confusion, some days I find peace amongst all of that chaos. I find peace in accepting our reality; the reality that we are in a pandemic that has shut down life as we knew it. I find peace in getting to watch, day by day, leaves emerge and get their first rays of sunlight, seeing tulips bloom and expose their reds and yellows, watching my seedlings creep up through the dirt to say hello, allowing my skin to get kissed by the sun (with sunscreen, folks!), and playing in the dirt every single day. I find peace in volunteering. In knowing my family and friends have been staying safe.
It’s spring time where I live, it’s a time to emerge and embrace life. Today, I choose to be at peace with where I’m at, but I’d be lying that tomorrow this choice might be a little more difficult. And that’s ok.
I found this short little poem by @rupikaur_ fitting for where we are. A little reminder to find appreciation in something today, no matter how big or small.
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