What does this mean?
This means that as an individual you choose and decide which side of the fence you want to lean on more. Do want to lean more onto the negative aspect of things or the positive aspect of things?The great thing is that both of these live within the same experience.
Meaning that every experience you have has both the positive it brings to your life as well as the negative.
What matters to you as an individual is that you get to choose which side of the coin you want to be on.
These two aspects represent either love or fear. This calls you to thoroughly look at your situations beyond what is currently happening and decide what are you going to allow to take over your life
Now, let's look as to how this virus can be a curse or blessing for humanity?
Curse, to mention just a few;
Socialization which has come to be the most common and trending thing lately, is literally banned meaning that those that are depending on being out there socializing with others are now going to find themselves more bored which can result into many more cases of depression
For a partner who's always used being out there socializing as a way to escape challenges in the home front, they're are already seeing all the worst possible things that are going to happen in their life, and this could lead to more and more people committing suicide or being depressed
Mass gatherings - for most people especially those who go to church to fuel themselves for the week ahead and depend on this for spiritual upliftment, are going to be challenged more than ever, just like someone who depends on drugs when it's not available they get more sick.
What about our funerals and weddings (black people) that have gotten to be the best place to meet old friends and family?
School closure - kids staying at home all by themselves. Many parents as it is are truly upset because we are always challenged during school holidays, what more now that it's not planned for? What about the food that we always complain about that these kids eat the whole day when not at school.
These are just a few things that can send one into panic and worry because we have become so accustomed to have things happen a certain specific way and when disaster's like corona hits our world our lives can be really turned up side down.
What happens if you give in to fear than love?
You become anxious, stress levels increases, blood pressures increases and you end up losing more money to treating diseases that came as a result of this, which will in turn affect your pocket (financially) and eventually affect your well-being in homes because where there's financial and physical turmoil your happiness levels decreases and so is the well-being of society at large
Blessing;
Looking at the very same examples above, let's see how this pandemic can be a blessing
Socialization - this calls us to find other ways and means to socialize with our communities. Now that we can't be on Instagram posting about where you're and who you are with, maybe it's time to post to the very same community and share with them what ideas you've come up with to spend your time
For the partner who has a partner that was using socializing as an escape and are now forced to be home more than they wanted, how about instead of being happy their "sporo is damaged" 😀 think of ways you can spend time together. Maybe buy yourself play cards like those from Pure Romance that has different things you can do like "pillow talk, action, tell me more about what you think..... etc. I don't see any relationship that will not recover from the dead after all this play and fun while getting to know each other better emotionally and sexually? Talk to me if you want these and I'll hook you up 😍
Mass gatherings - instead of being stressed that you won't have your fuel charge for the week because there won't be church, how about you find more creative ways to keep yourself spiritually recharged daily. Ask yourself "what practise can I adopt now that I can do daily for about 30 minutes to keep myself uplifted.
As for church, maybe it's time we relook at the current traditions we've created around church. It's time to think of other ways of keeping the congregants engaged with the word of God more than depending on those instruments and 30 minutes powerful sermons. Maybe it's time we relook as to how we can equip our fellow congregants on a daily basis with tools that can help them not to depend more on the pastor or leaders but on God throughout?
School closure - I know this is a huge one for most parents especially our kids safety within the communities we live in. But I'm of the firm view that this is the time you are called to trust your kids as well as your parenting skills. It's time to elevate your faith that your kids are more than capable to look after themselves. I mean most parents can't even allow their kids to make food themselves because of the fear that they'll either burn the house down and end up eating poison that might kill them. My question to all of us parents is "when are you going to allow yourself the freedom to trust beyond what you don't know?" Maybe it's time your kids showcase to you what they truly are and what they are already capable of. You'll be surprised what you'll learn during this period. Who knows that you've been stressing about too much workload around the house only to find that you've got all the help you've always wanted but didn't know because you didn't allow it in 😀
Look at the benefits of allowing love instead of fear:
More quality time with your partner, which will help improve your communication skills within the relationship and with this your sexual life will improve which will in turn boost your immune system and which is needed in order for the virus to stay out of your body.
Because of less travel to all over these gatherings you're constantly having, you'll have more money in your pocket to do the many other things you thought you couldn't afford. And when there's money and fulfillment there's more happiness which will result in a better world we live in. What about your kids learning how to be responsible for themselves and be less dependent on you, that means more time for you to do the things you've always wanted to do but complained about not having time for?
I believe this illustrate very well how you can either allow what you see happening around you as a curse or a blessing.
I didn't go into detail on the infectious nature of the virus which is what is being perpetuated all over the media by choice. Because I always choose to look at things beyond what is being reflected. Because at the end of the day, no hype or panic will help your well being but choosing to look beyond what you see which is exercising faith will help you a great deal.
So what is gonna be? Are you going to choose to look at your reality and be miserable about it or are you going to create beautiful memories out of the same reality?
The choice is always yours
I choose Love, and you?
Thank you for stopping by, I hope to hear from you by posting a comment and most importantly share this with all your loved ones
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