Flatten the curve. Flatten that curve. But I say let’s not just focus on the end goal, focus on the journey too. And good god is this a journey.
I am sometimes wishing time away, like billions of people I expect. However I don’t just want this over and for it be behind us, to forget about, I don’t actually want to get back to normal. I’m fortunate that so far I don’t know anyone who has been struck ill by this most obscure virus, so I’m able to think a little positively. I’m grateful for the circuit breaker. The slowing down. The making do. The back to basics.
I always thought I was born in the wrong era, and the required skills at this testing time gives me a glimpse into what life might’ve been like many decades ago. I have worn my apron weekly of late! Unheard of usually.
But throw in the mix an almost full time job (4 days IS is really 5!), a kindy kid, a year 4 kid and a hubby who plies me with coffee and mini eggs, life is pretty messy. Not the simple times of the 40’s or 50’s. Or what I imagine they would have been like.
And the news from overseas is simply frightening. My family is in the UK. They aren’t feeling too positive. But coping yes. The good ol’ British resilience, stoicism, head down get on with it (in line I hope).
Back to stripes. My comfort. Oh to be in a stripy world with certainty and linear pathways. How nice. But we aren’t. We never are. We try and be, we try and gain control, and that’s why there can be turmoil. Perhaps control is something we shouldn’t have. Sounding a bit spiritual…
So, back to that flat curve. Back to the future. The future of flatness. Stripes can be flat. But only if they are horizontal. A vertical stripe right now would be absolute disaster. A diagonal stripe not so good either. But we have to make sure we retain the flatness. Hence we need to truly live the journey, acknowledge it, respect it, remember it. Knowledge is power. Awareness is the start.
And then we can get back to early 2020, before all this started. Not forgetting, not reliving, but instead redoing it, better. And hooray, I get to travel back in time a tiny bit. Not to the truly simple times, but I will live simpler in the times that lie ahead. That is my reward for staying home.
Stay home folks. Stay safe.
Love Stripes & Trees xxx
Stripes & Trees 