Thank You Letter to Pandemic

This is not a calling for human suffering, just an acceptance of what is.

Thank you for forcing me to either accept what is and practice making calm choices or continue living a life of fear and reaction of a made up doom laden future 

• Thank you for allowing me to reconnect with friends and family

• Thank you for allowing me time to think about what is really important to me and to listen and truly understand what is really really important to others

• Thank you for showing me how important my own self care is

• Thank you for allowing me to discover the difference between needs and wants

• Thank you for allowing me to practice gratitude on a daily basis and see what I had been taking for granted

• Thank you for showing me how precious and uncertain life is

• Thank you for showing me that even in suffering there is growth

• Thank you for helping me realize that people everywhere are the same with the same issues, struggles, and ability and willingness to sacrifice for the greater good

• Thank you for making clear the opportunities to help others by listening to them with compassion instead of disdain 

• Thank you for raising our fears into the light where they can be examined and shown to be untrue.

• Thank you for another shot at peace and unlimited opportunity to express love

With gratitude,

John