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Downshifting During the 2020 Pandemic
Everyone has felt and dealt with the challenges of 2020. The instant shifts in how we do life, the unknowns, the fear, and the impact of social isolation has been debilitating. As I have processed these major disruptions, I have felt inclined to slow down my life, including my runs. I removed my running watch and stopped monitoring my pace. If I saw something beautiful I slowed to a walk and sometimes even stopped: a deer, the amazing colors on the big maple tree, the sound of an owl, the flight of an eagle, the breathtaking coral colors of a sunset. I had never allowed myself to defeat the pressure of a strong pace until this year.
Thinking of Work as a Beautiful Gift from God!
In a year when we were required to stay at home, school at home, and work at home because of a global pandemic, it also meant job loss and business closings for many. Through this time, a growing awareness and appreciation of the daily blessings of food, housing, employment, and safety - things that have been impacted by the Covid 19 pandemic and civic unrest - will hopefully develop as we live each day. Seeing needs can be overwhelming. It is also good to remember that each person is designed ( and capable) to do something each day that will build up, restore, move forward, exercise faith, serve, and make a difference - as God directs.
