This battle will change us.  I have been pondering the good that will come from this battle. Here are a couple of my ponderings:

Pondering the Silver-lining

Maybe people will appreciate the less hectic life.  Stay-at-Home activities are less hectic than group activities. Group activities take you away from family per the group’s schedule, they make you compete, they make you do things to impress and please others.

I pondered less hectic “Stay-at-Home” activities that might stick with you when this is all over. You may self meditate, your may stroll with friends, you may cook and eat as a family, you may take daily bike rides together, you may eat more unprocessed  food – healthy vegetables, fish, nuts, cheese, and a little ice-cream.

I am not suggesting we do away with the old – but maybe continue some of the new ways that were enforced on us while fighting  the battle.

Maybe we make more phone calls to our family and they to us.  Maybe we spend more time thinking what we can do, remotely, to help friends and family enjoy the “Stay-at-Home” time. 

My whole family spent hours putting together  a big order of food that they knew was very special to my taste.   They coordinated it with our grocery store for deliver to me, today, on my Birthday.  The order:  bananas, raspberries, nuts, raw cauliflower, apples, brie cheese, German sandwich meat, apple pie, chocolate ice-cream, AND WINE. Then, the family organized a Zoom session that lasted nearly an hour – like a digital birthday party with each of us in our own home a thousand miles apart.

All that really made me feel loved – It was a great way to give me a special birthday – Sure hope they enjoyed it as much as I did.

On the left,  see group activities away from home. On the right see family time.  Maybe some of the enforced family time will become more a part of our daily life in the future.

Maybe we will better relish the “Hellos” from more than 6 feet away, from neighbor families sitting on the porch.

Maybe we will enjoy our own routine and help others enjoy their own routine alone – leaving the activities of hectic crowds take a back seat in our daily lives.  That maybe the Silver Lining after this Coronavirus battle is won.

As you swing thru life – Do not take my pondering as your own – Take time to do your own pondering.