While the world waits
While we stay shuttered in, while we honor the people who serve, and pray for healthcare workers risking their lives to save ours, I cling to what I know.
During a crisis, beliefs don’t change. They just become clearer.
This day, more than ever, I am grateful for what addiction has taught me.
It reminds me to…
- Stay close to a twelve-step program and cherish its calming message of hope.
- Trust only those who speak science.
- Be grateful for people who step aside on sidewalks during daily walks.
- Hope that the younger ones will do the same.
- Accept that rainy days don’t help, but sunshine and cerulean skies that follow do.
- Smile that yards, houses and heads may be more clutter-free.
- Enjoy that dogs love having their people close.
- Understand – as the 12th step suggests – that service to others heals.
- Find someone to help.
Above all, if I’m not sure I can endure the anxiety, fear and isolation for weeks or months, I don’t have to. I just need to live it one day at a time.
Originally published on lisahillmanauthor.com.
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