As we have navigated this “pandemic” I have resisted the drastic measures and changes in our world. What is happening right now is not aligned with my belief system. And it’s a belief system I have formed consciously and intentionally.
I’m reading City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert right now.
It’s a light and easy read (with a lot of adult content) which is what the doctor ordered for me this month.
It’s set during the Second World War.
Reading this book I have imagined living through the wars. They wouldn’t have aligned with my beliefs either and I have wondered if I would have felt the same resistance.
I think I would have.
I am now certain I would resist any measures taken by authority that takes away our freedom of choice. Architecture controls, speed limits, or even taxes. If I was around when these were instated, I wouldn’t have liked it.
And yet I have accepted these because as far as I have known, its always been this way.
So the question I’m grappling with now is, do I need to accept what’s happening now?
Resisting it isn’t healthy.
Accepting it is scary because it feels like it’s taking a piece of freedom away from my kids.
If we accept it now what happens?
If we resist it does it help?
What is the next best thing right now?
I don’t know. But whatever it is, we have to choose what makes us stronger.