I’ve been wanting to put thoughts down in writing for some time now. It has been an interesting adjustment to the current state of the world and I’ve had a multitude of emotion around everything. Overall I’ve kept my chin up and have been able to remain present and focused on those things I can control, but I definitely have waves of fear, negativity, angst and despair over what is to come. Valid human emotions during such an unprecedented crisis if you ask me.

I know the number one way to shift energy in the body is to move. The warmer days has been a welcomed invitation back onto my bike and I look forward to my neighborhood walks. I was out for a bike ride earlier this week in fact when I found my thoughts coming back to the word “impermanence”.

Impermanence. Impermanence. A concept fundamental to life, with evidence in the ebb and flow of seasons and the crashing of waves. Even still, it can be a hard pill to swallow right now and we seem to forget this basic law of nature. As communities are grieving loss of life, closure of businesses, an elimination of sports, music and other social events, it can be difficult to have a sudden loss of access to what we once knew to be true and the things we took for granted being part of our everyday life…permanently. What hit me on the bike ride that we must remember, is that impermanence goes both ways. Despair won’t last forever. Frustration won’t last forever. This level of restriction won’t last forever. We flow through ease and discomfort continuously both emotionally and physically. Know this. Remember this. Its interesting how when there is pain and discomfort it feels cemented in, yet pleasure and joy we often take more in stride. Life offers us continuous opportunities to observe and practice our resiliency and remind us that ‘this too shall pass’.