THINGS HAVEN'T (REALLY) CHANGED

 

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Maybe I do this on purpose yet unawares.  Again I find myself feeling like an odd man out.  A very odd man.

I’m in this Covid-19 disaster, but, I’m not jostled, even though I’ve seen and heard lots of people tell me about the sky falling.  That may be too harsh.  I realize this is not make-believe.  It’s not hype.  It’s happening. 

However, if I may express my personal experience in this, things haven't really changed much.  

I feel like a misfit.  But, I believe we, as a collective, include an occasional misfit.  So, I’m ok with it.     

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Someone:  “What am/are I/we going to do?” 

Me:  “No one knows.”

Someone:  “How can I stay safe?”

Me:  “Do your very best to follow people who know more than you and seem to want to help.  But, don’t forget, no one is really ever “safe” in the ways you’re hoping to find safety.

Someone:  “What if______________”

Me:  “No one knows.”

Someone:  “Will things ever be normal again?”

Me:  I read a saying I’ve grown to love that would fit nicely here:  “Normal is just a setting on the washing machine.”  (Reader’s Digest)

One person’s normal is another person’s abnormal.

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I’m not thrilled to realize every change will not seem wonderful, but my course is set to forge ahead expectantly.

Things will never be exactly the same.  Things change continuously.  

They always have.  They always will.   

(Answer to Odd One Out challenge:  The man on the right is slightly larger.)