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A few years ago I have been on the Transfagarasan. When I reached a certain height, I remember entering a fairly long tunnel (or so it seemed to me then).
I do not really like tunnels; the only ones where I felt safer were the ones in Italy, which were quite bright. At the end of the mountain tunnel, however, there was ice on the road.
Our car (which had some speed, I do not remember why) spun a few times and stopped facing the direction from which we had come from.
Since the pandemic began it seems to me that we are in a tunnel.
The tunnel is an area of transition, you do not stop there unless you have an issue, you fix it and then move on. You do not stay inside the tunnel, as the gases emitted by cars are dangerous. Somehow, its like a force that pushes us to hurry, to want to get out of there. We know we’ll get somewhere, but we do not always know what is on the other side. On the mountain, back then, the cold and the wind were waiting for us, although where we entered the tunnel it was sunny.
The pandemic tunnel is a long one. There is no turning back. We cannot return to how it was before. We will arrive somewhere, we do not know where, we do not know how the reality at the end of the tunnel will look like, but surely it will not be the same as at the entrance. We cannot stop, we cannot go back in time.
However, we can take care of ourselves, of our state of balance in terms of mind, soul, body– I’m not sure that’s the right order.
How can we do that?
By taking care of our health: it sounds like a cliché, I know, but in fact, how much and how well do we do it?
To exercise a bit, to walk regularly.
To have people around us with whom we can have a pleasant conversation, with whom we can forget about time and our phone, people who care about us and in turn we care about them; love is a big plus, although it is not common.
To be careful how we feed our mind, how we stay away from dark thoughts, and how we concentrate on what brings us value, enriches us, opens new horizons, what keeps us busy with new ideas.
To have activities that bring us joy. I enjoy going to the airport to watch the planes coming and going, to drive my car with loud music, to go to a certain perfume shop, to read.
To make plans: not something great, but to have something to hope for. Maybe we want to give ourselves some new Airpods or drive a convertible car on the Amalfi coast, or change some of our furniture, write a book, go back to a place where we felt really good.
These are just a few examples of approaches that can make our journey through the tunnel smoother.”
via: spotmedia.ro