COVED-19 AND THE 1918 FLU



"Believe with all of your heart that you will do what you were made to do." 

--Orison Swert Marden

A little more than one hundred years between the 1918 Flu epidemic and the Novel Coved-19 virus. My  grandfather on my mother’s side, died at age thirty-six of the 1918 flu. He was a Methodist missionary, home from his assignment in India, having survived Yellow Fever, only to die of the Flu.

The Corona-19 took me by surprise. In March of 2020, I was tutoring at a local high school, when we were told we were shutting down for three months. At first it was great, time to relax, clean the house up, get rid of a few items taking space in the house; then it grew to six months, a year, and now, as I am writing this, a few years have gone by. I have written a few children’s books, and  my third book of essays, and I am trying not to watch too much television. I have read  dozens of great books, built quite a few puzzles, and communicated with friends and family by email and phone. I got used to wearing face masks and limiting the times I leave the house, and was ready for another new normal. Now I am back to wearing masks in crowed places. The blessings I've learned? The blessing is spending time with family and friends, have a roof over my head, clean water, healthy food to eat, and the blessings of Spirit in, through and around me at all times.

"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm, and harmony." --Thomas Merton

What take-aways do you have from this Coved-19 experience? What has it made you more appreciative of? 

Love and light,

Sandy

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Solitudin' it said…
The blessing is taking it all in stride, as though it were my usual normal. I love making new habits.
September 10, 2022 at 1:36 PM
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