Inside out and topsy-turvy

Life in the time of Coronavirus is totally different from anything we ever imagined — even at the beginning of this very year.

Many things that we used to take for granted are no longer part of everyday life. And things we never imagined are.

Everything is in a state of flux. Constant change. Confusion.

Responding to change

We all must figure out how to deal with that discombobulation.

For some people that choice is to try to claw their way back to ‘normal’. As in the way things used to be, before Corona. Never mind that doing so often means astronomically raising the risk of catching or spreading the virus.

For many others, it’s knowing that things have changed, and must change. Just not at all sure what I can do. Or should do. Overwhelmed on a daily basis.

A prayer for Coronavirus times

Decades ago, theologian Reinhold Niebuhr penned a prayer that has become a staple of recovery programs. And let’s face it, we’re all in a recovery program now. Plus this is really a prayer about life.

God, give me grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the…