With your life reduced to its foundation, you have an opportunity to see what you’re built on -- making this the perfect opportunity to notice things about life as you knew it that you’d like to change.
When we encounter a personal crisis, it can feel like everything has fallen apart. As we look at the rubble of our life, we long for what we’ve lost. That’s how I felt after a years-long illness took much of my health and vitality. What I would have given for countless things I’d taken for granted, like being able to work a full day or walk effortlessly up a flight of stairs..
As challenging as my illness has been, it also became an invitation to live in a more thoughtful way. I wanted to return to life, but not to life exactly as I’d lived it. I didn’t want to fall back into all my old patterns, or move mindlessly through my days. I wanted something better. Consider your own life—what has this crisis brought into sharper focus? Are there aspects of the way you were living that are worth taking a closer look at, and perhaps changing? For example, maybe you’re more aware than ever that time is short and life is uncertain, and you’ve realized that constant work was crowding out the rest of your life. Or maybe you’ve had the opposite realization—that it’s time to redirect more energy into your life’s work.
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