Imagine How it Could Be

I don't pay much attention to the information shared in the mainstream media, as I find that it's geared more towards winding people up and scaring them instead of educating them, but my eye does still catch headlines when I get on line to check email, etc.

One of the things I have noticed this past week is the number of headlines that are focused on "how bad this is going to be" (after we are finally freed from the shelter in place order) . . .  how we aren't going to be able to recover from this - how the longer this goes on, the more impossible it will be to restore what was, etc.  I know that scares a lot of people.

Yet I had another thought come to me the other morning which was . . . maybe we shouldn't be trying to "put things back the way they were before" . . . maybe this is our opportunity to do things differently, to do things in a way that brings us closer to what would serve all of us better.

Sheltering in place has certainly brought some challenges but has it also brought some good?  Are there things that are happening now that you would like to continue to see in the future?  Are there things you are experiencing now that are worth keeping?  (whether it is more quality time with family, more quiet time, less time spent driving to and from work, more people reaching out to help others etc).

What about on a global level?  Do you see any positives as a result of what we are going through?

Take it one step further, if you had the ability to create a whole new world, without having to keep to the parameters of what has been - what would you create?  What would our world look like? What would it feel like?

If you feel inspired, I invite you to spend a little time each day thinking about how you would like things to be in our world.  You can focus on your immediate surroundings or you can focus on a more global view of things or you can do both.

I think that if we spend a little time each day thinking about how we would like things to be, not only can it lift our spirits in the moment, it can also put the energy of those possibilities out into the world.  You may not believe that our thoughts/imagination can be that powerful - and that's ok if you don't - it can't do any harm to spend a little time imaging it and it's definitely a lot more fun than watching the news.  :-)