9-24-2020

 

Mary’s Minute“Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you anywhere.”

“Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.”

                                                                                  ~ Robert Ludlum

I recently listened to an interview with an NYC teacher talking about schools reopening.  The word that kept coming up over and over was anxiety.  I think teachers, and in fact nearly everyone going through this pandemic, can relate to feeling anxious through this uncertain time. 

I see the remedy for the anxiety we are feeling as hope.  Hope allows us to trust that things will be okay, that there will be answers for unanswered questions, and that we will regain many of the things in life that we feel we have lost.  The truth is that plans are really only our preferences, and this pandemic has shown us just that.  The pandemic has made planning difficult, but when we think hopefully, planning is possible.

We need to remember that hope is stronger than fear.  The fear that people have experienced and are experiencing is very real, but hope is stronger.– English proverb

                                                           With hope,

Mary