My Mom likes to say that "Life is all about showing up." To me what that means is I need to make the effort to put myself out there as much as I possibly can. As much as I physically can.
Although life happens at home, in my pajamas, declining party invitations. It also happens at the party in my nice new dress. It happens when I say "Yes" and engage in life outside just as much as inside.
Humans are social creatures. We need to be around other people. That's why COVID was so impossible for so many people. Isolation. Being chronically ill limits how much I can be out in the world. It also limits what I can still do since COVID is still very much alive and contagious.
Sometimes "showing up" can look like entering a poetry contest from home or encouraging someone on Instagram. Other times it can look like spending my Mom's birthday at the zoo or having coffee at her house. To me engaging is simply making an effort. Not letting my pain and illness take over me and keep me in solitude.
Thanks to my family and friends I have near constant engagement and many ways in which to "show up."
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