Covid-19 is weird; it let us think compulsively, I hope that it happens to you as well, because after all is normal, to death, seeing it under many different perspectives.
I won't share here my thoughts, because I want to speak with you of joy, that joy passing through the Word of God.
I received today this ebook written by Mary Demuth, called 7 Proven Ways to Restore Joy in Hard Times.
Demuth analyzes these incredible, exceptional times and the difficulty of staying mentally relaxed.
For obvious reasons there are difficulties and people are worried of losing their existences, their work; there is the perception that this one is a point of no return or better, a moment of big changes. Let's hope that we will see them of course. The fight against this temible virus is still long.
But joy is waiting for us.
In the first chapter of this little ebook the author insists that pain, grief must be visible, because it's important experience grief without closure.
It's important to feel sadness, impotence, grief and it's important to write our sentiments down.
Un untold story never heals writes Mary and so it's important to staying focused and to writing down what we feel.
“A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume...A wise person thinks a lot about death, while a fool thinks only about having a good time” says the Ecclesiastes.
In this moment in which our brain is absorbed by sad news in the world and sometimes we think that we are too sad for thinking clearly let's try to focus on what we make us happy.
Let's write a letter to a relative passed away for thanking him/her of having played a great role in our existence, let's search for that friend that we don't hear from some while, let's paint, let's be creative; we must permit to creativity of expressing our emotions.
Another advice is also to writing a Lament Psalm, but also seeing obstables as a moment of personal growth . Stay in touch with everyone, send gifts also without reason, e-cards, flowers, plants if appreciated remembering, always remembering of being joys, colored, creative; women in love for this crazy, unique world.
Mary at the end writes "Perhaps the gift of the Covid-19 virus is simply this: it reminds us of our mortality. And in that reminder, we are forced to consider the reality of
our true life...In light of this future glory, don’t give up. Persevere....Love the people in your life.
Forgive freely. Move on from bitterness... Seek to bless the family and city God has sent you to.
Beautiful advices.
Highly recommended. You can download this ebook. The author illustrated also the cover and internal pages with relaxing and at the same time joyius drawings.
I thank Mary Demuth for the copy of this book.
Anna Maria Polidori
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