I know we are all watching the latest news of the COVID-19 Omicron variant with a mix of anxiety, curiosity, frustration, heartbreak, resignation. I know that I’m also feeling impatience. Two years seems too long. I want to get back to the things I love, the church I love, the people I love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I feel myself wanting to pretend it already is over and barrel ahead doing what I want to do anyway. I feel myself reluctant to once again change my plans because the epidemic took an unexpected turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But my Unitarian Universalism is a reality-based faith. My faith teaches me that spiritual health requires living in the real world. And that means acknowledging that I am powerful but not all powerful. Other people have wants and desires and different circumstances from mine. There are realities of resources to deal with: space, time, money and work. The natural world follows its own laws. My health comes from respecting the parts of reality I cannot control. For instance, I don’t get to decide when this epidemic is over. I have to wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And so, one of the lessons of the pandemic for me, is a lesson about patience. Take a breath. Relax. Love the world outside my control. Let go. Ground myself, once again, in reality. Trust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"