Don't Deny Your Feelings

Listen to "Dont Deny Your Feelings" on Spreaker. What are we four weeks into this Coronavirus mess? Have you started to see how people are reacting to it? Shrugging our shoulders, saying you're ok with the moment or trying to shove it to the side like it's not happening. For many of us it's not until someone we know or a neighbor suddenly becomes ill. I honestly don't watch television news anymore. The stories are conflicting. So we go to the digital print of the event and you've got CNN.com hoisting stories out there about how this was a chemical weapon from the United States delivered to China and things got out of hand. This has to stop and the only way to do it is to stop dropping in on these news makers that we were designed to trust. I find great pleasure in washing the dishes these days. The extremely hot water reminds me that I can still feel. This isn't an three hour Iron Man movie. We need to be present with our emotions. If I ask, "Hows it going?" Tell me how bad it sucks right now and how we should be fearing the Great Depression looming in the aftermath. I can handle that. Fake smiles and really bad jokes aren't paying off during this fourth week. This podcast episode deals with learning how to recognize what emotion we're traveling through and how we should be aware of its impact on the outside of our mind body and soul. There's still a world out there. How it's going to be in two months cannot be compared to where you came from two months ago. I still believe the unemployment rate isn't the bigger issue here. Its when you do get back to work and you realize how much you've changed as a person and the way you were once treated can never happen again. You aren't a pawn. You aren't going to be bullied and warned about how open the door is and maybe you should think about walking through it. Don't lose your feelings during this time of wanting to walk away from it all. Be aware of what you're posting on social media. We all need to know how we may be equal by way of this virus but how we put things out there has the full power and energy to shove someone deeper into a corner with no map to get out. Find your focus. Build your foundation every day. Make room for endless change. We're just getting started. Wash your dishes by hand. Your body needs to be reminded of what its like to be alive.