These past few weeks my grooming practice has changed drastically. From people cancelling to me shutting down for a bit, to prepare for how I will intake clients next. During this period, I have felt this heavy sadness. Shortly after, my art class cancelled.
When our normal way of life changes you suddenly realize how fragile life is. When this happened, this overwhelming grief came pouring out of me; as I am sure it has for a lot of people. Not just grief for my work and art class, but grief for people losing their lives, getting sick, and not being able to be with their loved ones. Not to mention compassion and gratitude for the people on the front lines; the ones that are risking their lives taking care of and saving others, keeping us safe and providing us with essentials.
This feeling of being out of control and having life shaken up in ways none of us would have foreseen, really makes you realize how fragile life really is. Grief and sadness are to be expected. We have lost a normal way of life of feeling safe to be with others, to go to work every day or to send our children to school.
Maybe this is supposed to be a time for growth, patience, trust and faith that there is a reason for all of this. Let’s all embrace the simpler things in life we have all forgotten about; time with family, reading a book, the beauty of nature and home cooked meals. Take this time to clean out the clutter and free your space and mind and find the beauty in the quiet and embrace this time of solidarity and strength and continue it on long after this is over.
God Bless and Keep You All Safe!