Power Multiplied

The Lethargy of Isolation

I continue to worry about people out there stuck at home, many worried about putting food on the table, keeping the roof over their heads. In this excerpt, Shannon Kendricks has been through the wringer [you know the feeling, am I right?] and the experience has left her drained and hollow. Shannon doesn't see it, but we know these are symptoms of severe depression. I expect many people all over the world are experiencing their own brand of depression about now. And because of shut downs, quarantines, social distancing, businesses closing, some people may be feeling very helpless in the face of that depression; their usual remedies aren't available. Shannon is offered the chance at an adventure, a solution most of us can't swing. I will suggest this: determine to hold on, just hold on, hang in there, hold, hold, hold. Treat yourself well. Binge tv is okay. Sleeping in is okay. Blabbing on the phone with a friend for an entire hour is okay. Sitting in your back yard doing nothing at all but looking at the clouds in the sky is okay. When the kids go to bed, a long bubblebath with a candle and a book is okay. Every day, think what little treat you might give yourself. Then give it. And hold on.