Today, the last Monday of May 2020, marks the end of the 10th week of the “New Normal”. Today is also Memorial Day, the day that we honor those that have died fighting for our nation’s freedom; the very freedom that was taken away, literally overnight in response to the outbreak of the Corona Virus.
We can spend the rest of our lives looking back and second guessing the stay at home orders that kept us all at home and shut down our small businesses, or we can begin looking forward down the path of recovery. I am choosing the latter. This is not to say that I am okay having my freedom taken away; it is that I cannot change the past, and I cannot make a difference in the future if I am trapped in a state of mind riddled with anger and “what-ifs”.
This is the last post of the “Rethinking of the New Normal”. Tomorrow, I am going to begin a mindset of recovery, breaking free from the mindset of the “New Normal”, essentially rejecting the acceptance of the “New Normal”. I will take what I have learned in the last 70 days, and I will put it all to good use, making positive changes in life.
I will spend today with the boys making plans for the upcoming work weeks and summer break. I will think about everything that I am looking forward to, and I will embrace each day as it comes. I will never again be too busy for the things that truly matter in life.
I will pray, and I will reach out to those that are far worse off in the aftermath of the “New Normal”. I will be a better mom, a better friend, a better person. That is the best that I can do.
Thank you for stopping by to read my thoughts.