Life December

Life is not the way it’s supposed to be. It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.                    

Virginia Satir

I thought this quote was very apt considering the times we’re living in. I also thought it was very ironic that 200 years since the birth of Florence Nightingale (last year) the world was struck down with a pandemic where nurses and doctors have to cope with the unimaginable. Not just nurses and doctors though. All of us are coping as best we can, and that’s all we can do, is cope.

And just for this week, I’m going to add a second quote which is one of my favourites:

Life is mainly froth and bubble,

two things stand like stone;

kindness in another’s trouble,

courage in your own.                 

Adam Lindsay Gordon

Regardless of your political persuasions that may have come to the forefront during lockdowns and mandated rules, please remember to be kind to other people when they’re in trouble, and courageous when you have trouble yourself. It will mean we’ll get through this pandemic the best way possible.