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I'm not sure if I'm just being naive, I'd like to think I'm not since I work in a news organization and am overwhelmed with news about the virus for eight straight hours a day, five days a week. That said, when I clock out I like to take stock of the benefits of this altered situation.
I step outside and there's clean fresh air, cleaner and fresher than I've seen in a while because of the decreased number of cars on the roads. Far less traffic for the same reasons. More time to spend with family because people aren't constantly on the go. More opportunities to read books*, read holy scripture, or pray the rosary because watching TV only goes so far with the extended amount of time we're spending at home.
This is a chance to refocus. Yeah, there's a ton of terrible stuff happening socially, politically, economically, and spiritually right now. Believe me, I get it, but if we fixate on that we're going to get sucked down the drain. The easy road is to get dark, to spend all our time thinking and talking about the latest numbers and the latest headlines and all the ways people are screwing up or all the ways the virus is ruining the world, but I think there are many better uses of our time. As human beings but more importantly as Catholics. Don't get me wrong: stay informed, but don't over do it.
Just food for thought. What are some of the ways you're enjoying the extra time you're spending at home, or if you're already home in your normal life, are you still finding positive ways to deal with the lack of places outside of the home to go to?
*On a related note: I'm looking forward to dropping a review of Tim and Dave Gordon's new book Rules for Retrogrades here soon.
I step outside and there's clean fresh air, cleaner and fresher than I've seen in a while because of the decreased number of cars on the roads. Far less traffic for the same reasons. More time to spend with family because people aren't constantly on the go. More opportunities to read books*, read holy scripture, or pray the rosary because watching TV only goes so far with the extended amount of time we're spending at home.
This is a chance to refocus. Yeah, there's a ton of terrible stuff happening socially, politically, economically, and spiritually right now. Believe me, I get it, but if we fixate on that we're going to get sucked down the drain. The easy road is to get dark, to spend all our time thinking and talking about the latest numbers and the latest headlines and all the ways people are screwing up or all the ways the virus is ruining the world, but I think there are many better uses of our time. As human beings but more importantly as Catholics. Don't get me wrong: stay informed, but don't over do it.
Just food for thought. What are some of the ways you're enjoying the extra time you're spending at home, or if you're already home in your normal life, are you still finding positive ways to deal with the lack of places outside of the home to go to?
*On a related note: I'm looking forward to dropping a review of Tim and Dave Gordon's new book Rules for Retrogrades here soon.
