January 1st, 2020
2020 vision. That’s what they all said.
3 months later
20/160.
That is, moderately impaired.
In another couple of weeks it will be 20/200 or worse.
That is, severe visual impairment.
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has blinded 2020, one eye at a time.
In a time of global chaos and uncertainty, travel has become nothing but a dream.
An impossible dream, at that.
To cope with the temporary loss of a passion, set your sight on the future.
Later this year I plan to be on a plane to either France or Greece.
I will be celebrating the birthday I spent in quarantine and the graduation I didn’t get to have.
When this virus began to take over life as we know it, I immediately started looking at flights.
The only way I know how to survive a crisis is to look for gratitude.
I found gratitude in the cheapest flights to Europe I have ever laid eyes on.
Half the price I usually pay, a true blessing in disguise.
Perhaps it is my graduation present.
Ground yourself in a daily gratitude practice. It’s easy to find joy on a good day and it’s the habit that carries you through a bad day. Today, the seventh day I have been trapped inside the house, quarantined, I am grateful I can sleep in until 9 a.m. each morning during this time. I am grateful Rachel and Dave Hollis’ Morning Show brings me joy and lots of laughs. I am grateful I smiled ear to ear as I walked by each of my neighbors this morning on my five mile walk. I am grateful for the pink and yellow spring flowers brightening my Tuesday. I am grateful I learned to play NBA 2K with my brother. I am grateful I get to watch Suits in the middle of the day with my mama. I am grateful I had the time to bake Lemon-Butter Shortbread Cookies and lick the bowl. I am grateful, as Digital Marketing Manager of Camie Cragg Fitness, that we have gone digital during this pandemic. You too have countless moments of joy and gratitude to find each day, you just have to open your eyes.
Hannah Rene Brown 