The wounds of just being human
Yearning to Go Back to Our Normal Lives
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While on a conference call, one of my colleagues made the comment “I can’t wait to go back to my normal life.” Another colleague stated that he was not wanting to go back to his “normal life”. Life, prior to shelter in places and isolation, was about jumping from activity to activity with the family. His wife and he were constantly needing to figure out who was picking who up from what activity. Dinner was grabbing something and going.
For his family, Mass was a total different animal. They never went as a family. Dad would take the kids who needed to be at a sporting event and his wife would take the younger kids to the children’s Mass. Forget the days that our company requires us to travel. Add in the mixture of our own work schedule. Reality is he and his wife are not looking forward to returning to their normal lives. However, he spoke about how as a family, how they are looking to schedule the important things including Mass and family time.
We may be yearning to go back to our normal lives. However, maybe it is time for us to really look at how we were living prior to the isolation. Maybe it is time for us to not schedule every minute of every day. Maybe it is time to make sure we put our families and those important to us first. We make time to have quality time with the people who mean the world to us. Maybe we decide to go to mass as a family. Whatever we decide to do, our normal lives after this isolation is not going to look like we need to run non-stop life.
Some how we may get our Sundays back. We may start to make Sundays about our families and spending time with Christ and our families. Some may start to look for ways that they can get involved with their parishes. Others may start to take some things off their families schedules. Whatever we decide to do, one thing is certain – we will not back to the lives we lived before this Covid-19 illness. Our lives are going to look a lot different on many levels.
Will we be more patient with others? Will we be more caring towards others? Will we be willing to give more to others? Will we be willing to slow down and appreciate the things that were once taken for granted? While we are yearning for our old lives, reality is our lives will not return to the normal we once knew. Yet, the life that we will know in the future will be one that brings us closer to our Lord.
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About the Author
Tess Shore has dedicated her life and career to serving the underprivileged community with Shore Life Coaching. As a motivational speaker and educator, Tess specializes in coaching young adults in building better self-confidence and overcoming body issues. She is a guest speaker for Pathways to Success at her alma mater, helping juniors and seniors find their missions in life. Tess has a courageous commitment to passionately advocate for young adults dealing with issues like bullying and suicidal thoughts. Her work allows her to bring awareness to other young adult issues as well, especially those that come with transitioning into the corporate world. Tess guides her clients in building strong values and leads with zeal, inspiration, and passion. She also volunteers and serves in many capacities in other endeavors.
She can be found at http://shorelifecoaching.wordpress.com where she blogs on various issues on how to live more Christ-like. In her spare time, Tess can be found running and having a zest for life.
