It is raining. We are quarantined. What to do? Routine is very important when you find yourself in a prolonged state of being out of your regular routine. Life is made peaceful and comfortable because we seek, create, and live in routine; life is made exciting when we live outside our routine and difficult when we are forced to, like by a deadly virus. In our new normal it is important that we establish a new routine. Try to keep as much of your old routine as possible, that’s where to begin to build your new routine, then add things that are first, necessary, second needful and last enjoyable. Establish times every day to do those tasks you have long put off and times that you focus on your relationship, caring for others and contacting those who might need an encouraging word or Facetime. Have a news source that your trust preferably a single voice that is updated daily and stay informed but also limit your exposure. Once you have established the new routine STICK TO IT. You will find that your new routine will help you to pass the quarantined days more easily and more rapidly, become a stabilizing daily force and keep you occupied so the news doesn’t. I have suffered long bouts of quarantine in my life and have found that routine is one gift you can give yourself to get through it.
PS: This is a good time to begin what is the most important routine you will ever have, time alone with God. Include reading scripture as a way to listen to Him and then talk directly to Him as if He were sitting in the room with you, which He is, and then read, write, do, meditate, think and create as a means to make much of Him and your new time with Him.
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| A massive boulder we saw on our hike last week. |
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