Today is May 3, 2020.
It is four days from my entrance into the WORLD.
54 years I have been on this journey called LIFE. What a ride it has been.
Each and every year I try to be in a DIFFERENT part of the World having new experiences, seeing new locations and meeting new people.
This year is no different. This year is one for the books. I will be celebrating and reflecting in ISOLATION.
Thankfully I have been weathering these CRAZY TIMES with a buddy in Northern California.
There has been no shortage of LAUGHTER.
The COUNTRY/GLOBE has been pretty much closed down since early March due to COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS.
It has been interesting and trying times the past couple of months.
The country/world SLOWLY began to shut down operations. I like MILLIONS & MILLIONS of people have been affected by the SHUTDOWN.
I personally lost my job and place to live. TOURISM took a HUGE HIT.
Since the pandemic began I had to pack up my cabin and vacate. I started a new journey on the road to the UNKOWN.
I headed to Las Vegas for a few days to land and figure out what was NEXT. From Las Vegas I headed to Oakland to stay with my friend Aaron.
Currently I am SHELTERED IN PLACE with friends in Patterson, California.
I am filled with GRATITUDE for Tomas and his sister opening their home to me
My ANXIETY which I have never suffered has increased tremendously over the past few weeks. so much so that I have decided to give EDIBLES a try. The anxiety is mainly because I do not have a set of KEYS that can be placed into a lock, MY LOCK to enter my own HOME.
STRESSFUL.
FLEXIBILITY IS KEY.
We must be open to not have everything be OK. But yet TRUST that it will be OK.
I have always said that once we step outside, we enter an unsafe space where we are at the mercy of what is out in the WORLD.
My God does this hold true today.
THE UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES, THE NUMBERS RISE, THE RESTLESSNESS CONTINUES.
IS IT SAFE TO GO OUTSIDE?
IS IT SAFE TO OPEN UP, OR ARE WE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE?
WE JUST DON'T KNOW. TIME WILL TELL.
Today there will be people throughout the world whose FINAL DAY unbeknownst to them will be TODAY.
HEART ATTACK, STROKE, CANCER, CHILDHOOD ILLNESS, CAR ACCIDENT, MURDER, SUICIDE, AIDS, COVID-19
ANY ONE OF THESE MAY END OUR TIME ON THIS LEG OF OUR JOURNEY.
WE MUST NOT BE AFRAID. WE MUST LIVE. WE MUST BE RESPONSIBLE, BUT WE MUST LIVE.
I HOPE WE ALL COME THROUGH THIS TIME AND WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE ARE HERE, AND OUR PURPOSE ON THIS EARTH.
MY LOVE TO ALL OF YOU.
TO OUR ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND FRONT LINE WORKERS. YOU ARE OUR MODERN DAY HEROS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THE NUMBERS THIS WEEK.
CASES WORLDWIDE
3,560,911 INCREASE 592,284 IN ONE WEEK
248,024. INCREASE 41,622 IN ONE WEEK
CASES USA
1,154,340 INCREASE 189,403 IN ONE WEEK
68,089. INCREASE 13,248 IN ONE WEEK
THESE NUMBERS AGAIN REFLECT HUMAN LIVES AND FAMILIES SUFFERING.
WE NEED TO STEP BACK AND THINK BEYOND HOW IS THIS AFFECTING JUST OURSELVES.
WE ARE BETTER THAN ALL OF THE SELFISHNESS HAPPENING OUT THERE.
THESE ARE DARK TIMES. WITHOUT DARKNESS THERE CAN NOT BE LIGHT.
BRIGHTER DAYS ARE AHEAD. WE MUST BELIEVE.
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