You Can’t Always Get What You Want, But You Can Try.
Finding your happiness in the time of COVID.
Our experience(s) during this pandemic should not be wasted. After getting
over the fact that we need to change our lives, hopefully, we would realize
the opportunity for this change may not occur at any other time.
Hard to imagine that COVID could be considered an opportunity for good.
Are we out of danger? Of course not. But this has been a time of learning
about ourselves and those we love and care for.
I have learned that we need time alone and COVID has provided that. I also
learned that after being on my own to write and try to create things, I need to
interact with others.
Classes
I do this by classes on Zoom. I started on Zoom last September and it worked
fine for me to have writing classes. In the beginning, it was simply to learn
the basics of writing and blogging. What it turned out to be was a playground
to meet new friends!
I have never laughed and had so much fun as I do in the Ninja Writers
classes. The instructors have taught me so much, but when you have
somebody in the class that is brave and is willing to say, “I don’t know what
you’re talking about? I just don’t get it”, then I relax and realize that I am not
alone and can concentrate on learning.
This time of my life
It is not lost on me that I am retired and do not have children and
work-related issues to contend with. I do, however, see plenty of unhappy
seniors. The reason I am happy most of the time is that I always think that a
senior is anybody ten years older than me.
I think when you are feeling sorry for yourself the best thing to do is help
someone else. You will soon find that you are better off than most.
