Tomorrow
I have a feeling that many people may be feeling thoughtful about tomorrow, pensive and reflective. Others may be done with that and just want to get on with activities, face to face gatherings, celebrations and travel. There is a tension in the air as to how Canada Day should be celebrated, whom should be emphasized and how we honour those who mourn and celebrate with those who celebrate. So many unknowns and changes that come quickly and unexpectedly. It’s hard to feel like we properly experience and process all the change before something new comes.
So tonight, if you’re in the mood for reflection, here are a few questions to help you think through the past year and a half:
How have YOU changed?
What matters more (or less) to you?
What new habits did you have to do that now you want to keep doing?
What other habits did you acquire that you’d like to toss out with the trash?
What did you discover about yourself that you like? that you’re proud of?
What new skill have you acquired or learned?
Is there something that you will miss about how isolated and restricted it has been?
What are you afraid of about tomorrow?
What are you relying on to hold you steady as life changes so quickly and unexpectedly?
What are you thankful for as you step into new un-restricted lifestyle tomorrow?
As we prepare to go to sleep tonight, anticipating a fresh return to the freedoms we had before but may have never truly appreciated, I offer you this prayer that has become precious to me this past year. It is set as a reminder on my phone and so it ‘bings’ in the morning and at night to remind me to read it. And it has become a daily letting go exercise. I encourage you to consider this as one of your spiritual formation exercises!
”I welcome everything that comes to me today because I know it’s for my healing. I welcome all thoughts, feelings, emotions, persons, situations, and conditions. I let go of my desire for power and control. I let go of my desire for affection, esteem, approval and pleasure. I let go of my desire for survival and security. I let go of my desire to change any situation, condition, person or myself. I open myself to the love and presence of God and God’s action within. Amen” (Mary Morzowski)