It's so dang scary to climb out of a storm cellar after a storm. You have no idea what it's going to look like out there.
I'm seeing/feeling lots of trepidation as we re-emerge back into life. I know I have it.
We wonder where we stand with each other after so much time away from each other. It's scary in lots of ways...to know if the friend or relative you haven't spoken to for so many months is gonna welcome us with open arms or wonder where in the world we've been. There might be hurt/disappointment/confusion about why we haven't seen or heard from them ... because we forget that their storm was raging while ours was.
Everyone has done the best they can through this. Everyone is going to continue to do the best they can. My best is different from your best. We all have such different circumstances. We have to extend grace now more than ever.
I hope as we are all climbing out of our storm cellars...we can remember that every single one of us was in a different part of the storm.
Some of us will climb up the stairs of the cellar and see a few chairs blown over....and some of us will open the door to see utter destruction. Lots of people have lost SO MUCH during all of this....it's going to take some time to digest that.
What I see is that we each are emerging as different people than we were before this all started. This global situation stripped away so much of so much.......and so much of that stripping away was a very good thing ... but there is a still a lot to be grieved.
As we all take the first steps to coming back alive, coming back together, coming to a place of acceptance....trying to figure out what's next....
I hope we can give each other ALL OF THE GRACE...ALL OF THE MERCY...ALL OF THE FORGIVENESS....ALL OF THE LOVE.
Because NONE OF US know what happened in each other's storm cellar...and none of us know what the other sees when they open the door to what is left of their old life, if anything.
Let's love each other.
Let's remember that rebuilding takes time.
Let's remember that everyone processes trauma differently and there are lots of people who are going to need some time.
I love you.
We can do this.
xoxo
melody
