Today we were forced to close the doors of our business. This was a decision made by state officials and something we had absolutely no power or say so in. It's funny how life does that to you! When you think you have things under control and big plans for life, all of a sudden God says wait just a minute we're gonna head another direction.
Like many people I've talked to, I'm confused and bewildered by this whole thing. I have many unanswered questions and have had my life ripped out from underneath me. You see when a small business closes in a small town, the business owners financial stability is gone in an instant. There's no unemployment, there's no opening a new business tomorrow and there's no job offer waiting in our inbox. We got word on Monday evening while at our son's end of year hockey party that we had to shutdown our business in 24 hours. How do you even plan for that? How do we plan for next week not knowing if we will even be allowed to reopen on the date they are currently saying? It's funny. I've been struggling with faith for a few months. I've been questioning myself and how I feel about the world and then this happens. So how do we react? How do we find faith when the world is quite literally shutting down? I don't have an exact answer for that, but I can simply say keep trying to find the good. Keep your ears and eyes open for the good hearted people. Today when my wife and I enjoyed our last meal out together before restaurants closed for awhile, we found ourselves in tears as we listened to the owner of the restaurant call senior citizens in our area and ask if they had eaten today and what their plan is to eat tomorrow. On a day when her business was being closed, she was more concerned with the people in our community that might not have a meal than she was with her own situation. That's the attitude and approach we must ALL take. During this time we must turn our emotions and hearts to others. We must ask ourselves what we can do for other people. Can we prepare meals? Can we go grocery shopping? Can we just call someone and check in on them? I think finding our faith is in the service of others. It's knowing that while we don't know where our life stands next week or next month, we still have the ability to serve and help others. Not having answers is hard, its terrifying and it's sad-but like my wife has been saying.....how we hold it together during this time is knowing that we are not alone in this. There are others with the same struggles and fears and there are others in worse and scarier situations than us. Let our faith that we can help others take over the fear that is traveling through the world. The quote that Rotarians live by is "be the good in the world," and that is what we MUST ALL do right now. Faith over Fear! (even when you aren't sure what that means)
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Fay Hall
3/19/2020 03:05:50 am
So happy to have seen this and to have read. I love your attitude bout being positive. I have three elderly people I am checking on and appreciate when I hear what others are doing to help someone in need. A smile, a big heart and helping hand ❤️😊
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