.....the long haul

 

Yogis,
I am sensing an energy shift. Like a new chapter is coming together within this delightful book being written, aptly titled ‘2020’. My guess is this is now chapter 3.

The opening of the book was one of those scenes that pulled the chair right out from under you before you even had the chance to settle in. Reminiscent of the jaw dropping first episode of Game of Thrones. The giddy elation and hope in January and February of a new year, a new decade, a new era quickly crumbled into a covid mess. Shutdowns, shortages and most of all fear.

During those first few months we knew nothing so we feared everything. Afraid of our mail, paper money, grocery bags and running out of toilet paper. Tied to the news as our lifeline while we checked on everyone we loved. A knock on the door hair raising and every cough a sure sign we were dying.

Then Chapter 2 found us gathering ourselves up and working to create what became known as ‘the new normal’. A time of thinking out of the box and rewriting the rules. Becoming experts on Zoom, our new best friend, with classes, meetings and of course, cocktail gatherings. Curbside pickup, Instacart, work from home and contactless services all springing up in innovative ways. A time of growth and adapting.

Through chapters 1 and 2 it felt to me like we were climbing a new mountain. That inner assurance that if I simply put my head down and climbed, I would reach the peak and then all would be downhill from there.

However, what I have been feeling recently is that we have now reached the summit, but as we look ahead, instead of seeing the path take a downward turn, we find we are on a plateau. That for as far as the eye can see we will be taking small ups and downs as we cross this range with no clear idea of where it ends. That we are in this for the long haul…..

The energetics of something being sustained indefinitely changes things and I am witnessing the beginnings.

Five people I know are looking for homes or land in other areas. A draw to have ‘somewhere to go’ that feels removed. Or safe. Or simpler. Some considering these as second homes, but others looking to this pandemic as an opening to take a leap of faith into something that has been stirring for quite some time. Leaving ‘the way it was’ behind.

Companies have now begun giving up office space and offering the option of working virtually indefinitely. Finding that the adapting we did in chapter 2 is actually working, and suddenly the location of your home is irrelevant. Commutes no longer a factor.

Schools announcing virtual learning for the foreseeable future which can be done from anywhere. Some parents beginning to move their children from school as we know it into other learning modalities. Shifts happening.

Architecture even making a turn. As several family members now need their own work space, open floor plans replaced with separate rooms and doors. Bullpens a thing of the past as individual offices return. Clearly signs that some of the changes we are experiencing are here to stay.

What does this mean for you? Are there changes you want to make? Places you want to go? Previously unthinkable leaps you may now be called to take? 

What is it that you want in the long haul……Only Chapter 4 will tell.

Visualizing
SARAH