Dear Yuri,
There is a concept in yoga that talks about the impermanence of things. The fact that the only certainty in life is uncertainty. Life is changing at the speed of knots. I’ve sat down on multiple occasions to reflect and write down my story of lockdown and every version reflects a different stage of my personal journey. My one consistent observation is how much I am learning. I’m learning how to slow down, how to stop and pay attention; to nature, to my son, to the simple, beautiful detail of a life I have sometimes taken for granted. I’m re-learning my priorities, re-evaluating where I should and shouldn’t be sending my energy. I’m learning how to let go. Let go of control, let go of plans, let go of craving.
For years I have been rushing my way through life. Doing. Do more, earn more, achieve more. So much doing and not enough being. Isolation and the change of pace that comes with it is teaching me how to just be. To sit with discomfort, to accept change with optimism and opportunity rather than fear and let in uncertainty as this too shall pass.