C-O-V-I-D in Our Terms
CO-Existence
We invite you to choose COURAGE, to welcome OPPORTUNITY, to be VULNERABLE, get INTIMATE with yourself and with one another, and DISRUPT the old, to help rebuild something new and beautiful. With this we cannot only survive, but THRIVE!
Courage
It takes Courage to simply exist in these times. We can very easily get stuck in the frozen fear through all the noise from the media and headlines that is all around us, or we can recognize our fear and let it point us in the direction of courage to find solace in the storm. We can dig into our courage to invent new ways to connect, to work, to play. we can find courage to be a voice of love amongst the fear. The courage to be change makers even through all the uncertainty. The courage to listen to our hearts. Courage to be kind especially when we don’t see eye to eye. Fear is simply a reaction, courage is a conscious decision. Let courage guide your way.
Opportunity
This is a time of Opportunity to rediscover, to recreate, to learn new ways. Many of the old ways are crumbling and many of them, quite frankly, were not working anyway. There is no way that things will go back to the way they were. It is time to look ahead, to forge a new path. We get to begin again. Even though there are so many unknowns and new ways bring new challenges, we can turn these challenges into opportunities for growth for our souls expansion, and that is exactly what we are here to do. When we rise to the opportunity of growth and change, we see our lives open more fully, we feel the aliveness of stretching ourselves, of feeling the Magic of Creation. Life is full of opportunities especially at a time of great change, all we have to do is be open, be willing, be curious and see what wants to happen.
Vulnerability
Vulnerability is a willingness to lean in to uncertainty and relinquish control. It is (as Brene Brown says) the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. Vulnerability allows us to connect more deeply to our true nature, the deepest part of ourselves, and to connect from that place which in turn allows us to connect more deeply to others.
Intimacy
Connecting more deeply with ourselves, our family and community. We are all in this together and we are all experiencing it each in our own ways. Find your tribe, those that comfort and inspire you and dare to have deeper more intimate conversations. Share your fears, your revelations, your triumphs, your inner most thoughts and feelings. You are not alone. When we speak our truth from our hearts to trusted loving ears, a true sense of intimacy and connection becomes alive for all parties involved. Connection and intimacy is vital to our survival and our mental health right now. Let it in.
Disruption
Yep, we see and feel it everywhere…. But wait! Disruption doesn’t have to be a bad thing at all. It stops us in our tracks and invites us to be innovative, to think in new ways and to find new pathways. We get to re-create, unlearn and learn new ways of being and doing. This pandemic is a WAKE UP CALL. A call to listen to Mother Earth, to give her center stage and watch and learn from her resilience and her brilliance. The old ways of doing were destroying her at a rapid pace and that needs to change NOW. The injustice and oppression happening also very much needed to bubble up to the surface and to be witnessed front and center. And now we begin the journey of healing and equality. We get to co-create a new standard for humanity and how we treat one another and our planet. We get to foster something new and beautiful.
Out of the destruction, a renaissance is birthing.
C - Courage
O - Opportunity
V - Vulnerability
I - Intimacy
D - Disruption
We were built for these times and it is no mistake that each and every one of us are here together at this unprecedented time in history. May we be light warriors for one another….
FROM THE HEART ~
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