Reimagine 2020 - Rewrites
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| Spring Blossoms in Chicago - photo by The Madder Hatter |
As part of the Hope Writer's challenge I'm talking about Rewrites today.
As much as we may wish to change the things that have already happened, we cannot. What we can do is take this unprecedented turn of affairs, this global pandemic, and use it to rewrite our lives.
Everywhere I look I see neighbors meeting and growing closer during this new distance. Being stuck at home has forced us to look closer at our communities and see the very real things going on in our own backyards.
Sometimes, we get so caught up in the rhythm of our daily lives that we don't ask ourselves if it's the right rhythm. This forced pause has caused us to look inward. We can't run from our thoughts and doubts when they are the only company we keep. So I think it's time we face them.
It's time to take the giant blank slate of our future and reimagine it. How often have you heard someone shout down your dreams because they couldn't ever be? It's just the way the world is. Yet, here we are living in a world nobody had imagined. It tells you something; some of the largest most unavoidable things about modern life are entirely arbitrary. And not only can we change them, we can change a lot of them all at once in the course of a few weeks.
So take up your life and examine it. Listen in the quiet for what you've always known you wanted and use this pause to start fighting for it. The future can be rewritten, no matter what course it was on before. Take a moment to learn from your fear and anger what it is your heart really wants.
Don't put off that project, career change, or dream. Start down that path today. Nobody can say what the future will bring, but it certainly won't hold the things you didn't bother to fight for.
You are the author of your future. Pick up your pen today and remember that coming together (even when that means staying apart), is what makes us stronger. Remember that there is always something you can do to help both yourself and someone else. And remember that every single one of us will help shape the future. So make it a good one. Make it a beautiful one. Make it a loving, accepting and hopeful one. Join me and rewrite a better future for all of us.
As much as we may wish to change the things that have already happened, we cannot. What we can do is take this unprecedented turn of affairs, this global pandemic, and use it to rewrite our lives.
Everywhere I look I see neighbors meeting and growing closer during this new distance. Being stuck at home has forced us to look closer at our communities and see the very real things going on in our own backyards.
Sometimes, we get so caught up in the rhythm of our daily lives that we don't ask ourselves if it's the right rhythm. This forced pause has caused us to look inward. We can't run from our thoughts and doubts when they are the only company we keep. So I think it's time we face them.
It's time to take the giant blank slate of our future and reimagine it. How often have you heard someone shout down your dreams because they couldn't ever be? It's just the way the world is. Yet, here we are living in a world nobody had imagined. It tells you something; some of the largest most unavoidable things about modern life are entirely arbitrary. And not only can we change them, we can change a lot of them all at once in the course of a few weeks.
So take up your life and examine it. Listen in the quiet for what you've always known you wanted and use this pause to start fighting for it. The future can be rewritten, no matter what course it was on before. Take a moment to learn from your fear and anger what it is your heart really wants.
Don't put off that project, career change, or dream. Start down that path today. Nobody can say what the future will bring, but it certainly won't hold the things you didn't bother to fight for.
You are the author of your future. Pick up your pen today and remember that coming together (even when that means staying apart), is what makes us stronger. Remember that there is always something you can do to help both yourself and someone else. And remember that every single one of us will help shape the future. So make it a good one. Make it a beautiful one. Make it a loving, accepting and hopeful one. Join me and rewrite a better future for all of us.
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| A Whole Tree of Spring Blossoms in Chicago photo by the Madder Hatter |
I wrote those words about the global pandemic just a few weeks ago, but I think they take on new relevance now considering the racism and injustice we've all seen this last week. Even reconsidering it all I want to leave you with the same words.
Join me and rewrite a better future for all of us.
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