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Starting small
It’s mother’s day!
I just got off the phone with my mum so I am pretty stoked typing this out. Mother’s are exceptional beings and the older I get, the more I realize how much respect and appreciation should be accorded to women. I hope you take this day to remember and celebrate your mum or mothers around you today.
I have been contemplating the roll out of vaccines and the possibility for businesses and institutions to open up again. And I must confess, I don’t know how I feel about the potential for another season of change. We had a hard time adjusting to the changes brought on by the pandemic and as much as things opening up is positive, it is also a bit scary too.
Motherhood can teach us how to navigate this. Mothers go through nine months of changes. Physical, emotional, mental and social changes occur for women once they are expecting. Pregnancies don’t start showing immediately, parenting and handling teenage mood-swings doesn’t happen at the snap of the finger. Oh no, it’s gradual. Mothers have spent time with their children, ideally in prayer, and learning from others and that’s how they learn to nurture. It doesn’t all happen immediately sometimes it takes time.
How can we apply this to the current potential for reopening?
- Take small steps: start taking small steps to get back in the grind of…
