Resilience in the Time of Coronavirus
As the pandemic rages in much of the United States, we continue to face our fears, anxieties and even numbness from the ongoing onslaught. In the October 2020 issue of Science of Mind magazine, writer Tami Tack offers her thoughts about resilience in the overwhelming time.
She writes, “Knowing I am most resilient when my body’s needs are met, I care for it lovingly by eating well, getting adequate sleep and exercising daily. … I care for my intellect by using this time at home to learn something new, including taking online classes.”
She adds that her desire to connect with others sparked some creative online and telephone communications. “Instead of lamenting that I cannot get together with loved ones,” she says, “I focus on gratitude for the relationships I have and find ways to be together.”
She recognizes that each of us has challenges no one else can understand. And each of us has acted in less than skillful ways at times. “The gift of this pandemic is to see others as the divine beings they are, to look at the world through the eyes of Spirit.” |